Supreme Court, that these cases would take years to go through the courts. But my concern was that Texas could try to enact something at a state or local level.
The right-wing push here in Texas is all about, "Return families to Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." All that rhetoric.Being able to get married was particularly important to me and Carlie, so I could be legally recognized as our son Hudson's mom.
Only then can I take him to the doctor's, enroll him in school, or take him to daycare—all of the things that you do as a parent, that are important.With the political spectrum being so polarized, Carlie and I didn't want our family to get caught in the crosshairs.
We wanted to be in front of the issue.We were sitting on the couch one day after the Roe verdict. I initially said, "What's the big deal if I wait to adopt Hudson after we have our wedding next fall?" But then we discussed it and realized we didn't know what next fall would look like.