{"id":21034,"date":"2018-11-05T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=21034"},"modified":"2020-05-25T18:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T22:02:31","slug":"mom-of-two-who-happens-to-be-lesbian-running-for-congress-in-deep-red-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/11\/mom-of-two-who-happens-to-be-lesbian-running-for-congress-in-deep-red-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom of two (who happens to be lesbian) running for Congress in deep-red Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21036\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/StewartGOOD.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2594\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/StewartGOOD.png 2594w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/StewartGOOD-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/StewartGOOD-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/StewartGOOD-1024x420.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2594px) 100vw, 2594px\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;Hi, Felicia!&#8221; is the slogan that appears on countless yard signs that blanket House District 46, in Alabama. <a href=\"http:\/\/stewart4alabama.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felicia Stewart\u2019s grassroots campaign<\/a> has logged incalculable hours of canvassing, phone banking and letter-writing by a remarkably committed group of volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Such visible and enthusiastic support for a Democratic candidate is a new and astonishing phenomenon in this district, in the suburbs of Birmingham. It\u2019s been at least 16 years since a Democrat has run for this seat, and Donald Trump won the district&#8217;s precincts by a margin of some 37 points. The prevalent conservative culture has long led progressives and moderates living here to keep their politics to themselves, often out of fear of social stigma.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/feature\/nbc-out\/hi-felicia-married-lesbian-mom-wants-turn-deep-red-alabama-n926411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Three years ago, Felicia Stewart moved back to her home state of Alabama with her wife of 16 years, Christy, and their 7-year-old twin daughters, Harper and Helen. Stewart, who holds an MBA and worked in the corporate world for many years, was intent on making positive change in the state, and believed nonprofit work would be the best avenue. Entering politics hadn\u2019t crossed her mind, but she was interested in certain issues such as education, poverty and health care, so she went to the state&#8217;s capital, Montgomery, to observe how the political process affected them. If you have been through the same thing as I have, falling for a straight girl over and over again, maybe you should expand your circle and get to know more people, like I did when I started using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegirl.co.uk\/safe-online-places-gay-girls-mingle\/\">gaydar girls app<\/a> and I meet a wonderful girl that ended up being my wife.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just incensed by what was and was not happening in Montgomery, and how those activities were perpetuating all the things that are wrong here \u2014 and doing precious little to grow the things that are right,&#8221; Stewart said.<\/p>\n<p>She felt she could do better for her state and began discussing the possibility of running for office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hi, Felicia!&#8221; is the slogan that appears on countless yard signs that blanket House District 46, in Alabama. 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