John,


Did you know November is National Adoption Month? You won’t see most politicians talking about it, but adoption is personal to me.


I adopted my sons six years ago this past week, on November 1, 2017, and I am grateful every day that I get to be a dad and provide them with a loving and safe home to grow up in.
A collage of photos of David and his two sons spanning the past six years, at Disney, at their adoption, wearing aprons in a kitchen, at the lake where they fish, opening presents, and campaigning with David.

That’s them! They’ve grown a lot in six years, but they’re as happy as the day I brought them home.

 

Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of children in the United States will not have the same opportunities as my sons.

 

Right now, there are approximately 391,000 kids in the foster care system on any given day, but just over 50,000 are adopted each year. Kids who grow up and age out of the system without being adopted are left with no family or place to call home. 

 

Without any external support, those young adults have a much harder time building a stable and secure future for themselves, finding and maintaining employment, affording housing, or even accessing modern day necessities we take for granted, like cellphones and the internet.

 

The large majority of foster kids never get adopted, and if it were up to Republicans, my kids might be among them, John.

 

Rather than working to improve the foster care system, improving the conditions that overload it, or ensuring more kids are adopted, Republicans work to criminalize abortion and make it illegal for LGBTQ+ Americans like me to adopt.

 

That means more kids in the system and fewer would-be parents to adopt them and save them from a future likely marked by economic struggle and isolation.

 

As a member of the U.S. House, I will improve the foster care system for kids who depend on it and make adoption easier for qualified parents of all backgrounds. Can you contribute any amount today to help make it happen?

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I know adoption isn’t among the trendiest political issues, but it should be – especially since the new House Speaker would take me from my kids with the snap of a finger if he could.

 

For decades, Christian fundamentalists like Mike Johnson have led the charge to strip away my rights and paint my community as dangerous to children. Their interests today are backed by Republican extremists, dark money donors, and a GOP-controlled SCOTUS.

 

Republicans set the clock back decades on women’s rights and reproductive care despite national protests. Given any opportunity, they would do the same to LGBTQ+ Americans’ parental rights and ability to adopt.

 

When I’m elected, there will be one less person in Congress threatening my family and families like mine. 

 

Thank you for being with me,

 

David Roth
         

David Roth is a single, gay dad running for Idaho’s Second Congressional District. We’re going up against a GOP incumbent who has been in this seat for almost 25 years. It’s time for change in Idaho, and our grassroots campaign is building on the momentum that began in David’s race for U.S. Senate last cycle. The GOP is not planning to defend this seat, so we plan to take it from them and help Democrats retake the House majority next year. We’d love your support to build a solid campaign to bring progress to Idaho and the country.

 

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