latimes:

The princess costume and the trick-or-treat dilemma: Glendora moms face a difficult choice on their son’s choice of holiday garb — protect his independent spirit or his tender feelings?

Anna and Louisa remember the sea of “Yes on 8” signs that sprouted around them in 2008, when the measure banning gay marriage was on the ballot. Gay marriage was rejected that year by voters, just months after the couple officially wed on June 17, the first day gay marriage was legal in California.

Now, Anna envisions those folks snubbing her trick-or-treating princess-boy.

“I imagine that when those Glendorans shut their doors, they’re going to say ‘See, that’s why lesbians shouldn’t raise children.’”

Photo: Luc Villeneuve, 4, has asked to go trick-or-treating as a princess. His moms, Anna and Louisa, with twins Jacob and Madeleine, aren’t sure how to respond. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times

Perfectly normal instinct for a kid, obviously. My daughter was her favorite male clown last year and was — until Wonder Woman made an amazing late surge in the 2011 voting — planning to go as Batman this year.

(Via Sprague)

(Source: Los Angeles Times)