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To Have and to Hold

As a queer person, marriage equality has been the greatest, most personally legitimizing freedom granted in this country in my lifetime. It seemed like the perfect subject when thinking of what freedom means to me. From my perspective, the evolution of marriage laws are an expansion of the ideals of freedom presented by Roosevelt and Rockwell.

Part of The Norman Rockwell Museum's “Reimagining The Four Freedoms” travelling exhibition

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To Have and to Hold