Dearest Friends, For nearly all my life, I have always fought with the heart of a lion against the forces of injustice that has been done to my brothers and sisters for so long. The fight for equality, especially marriage equality has never been more stronger to me than now, and the urgency of this moment, cannot be denied. My mission to end bullying NEEDS FULL SUPPORT like never ever before with my petition with people REALLY STANDING UP and hearing me LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, SO FAR TO DATE, 1,334 people have indeed signed my petition, With the recent events in my life that have made me more needed than I have ever been needed before, NOW IS NOT THE TIME for me to be silenced by those who say in their own right: "Why is your mission so important?! Why should we care?! The answer is vitally simple: WE ALL NEED TO CARE because ‪ALL LIVES MATTER NOW‬ and especially our most precious treasure of all, the youth of america and the world. With this being said, I have come to a decision as to my political future. For the past few days, I have been praying sincerely as far as my direction to take, as i prayed and prayed and prayed, I had a lot of thought as to whether or not of running for political office again, and tonight, I have fully reached the decision that should NOT be interpreted as a bad thing, instead should be a noble decision. My decision is mine alone and no one else's. I have decided NOT to seek political office now at this time, our communities NEED US to stand up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, just as my mom LyndaGrace Monahan has done for me throughout her 35 of her upcoming 65th year of her life, giving up all she wanted to do, to become a champion for families of autistic people in New Jersey and passed it along to me to fight for all those who's voices are being oppressed, silenced, and more. We cannot turn back nor sit on the sidelines while this is being done. We must rise up as one nation, under the hand of the creator who has given us the strength, life, love, compassion, wisdom and most importantly...determination to see that all the things that our forefathers brought to us more than 2 centuries ago to create "A more perfect union" that guarantees that "All people are created equal" without any exceptions whatsoever with all rights including the one thing we all want...to be happily married and happy as ourselves. To let our kids go to school in peace and safety without the fear of being bullied or worse. THE CALL HAS BEEN SOUNDED! To all those who are reading this letter and realizing what I feel and what I have decided and feel that this IS the best decision, I thank you very much for your support in the past and continued support. I can only ask, from the bottom of my heart and soul, that you continue to pray for me as I fight with every last ounce of my strength to see that FULL UNIVERSAL MARRIAGE equality is at last realized and that bullying and bullycide is not just a violation of the universal rights of the youth of this country and our planet, but a crime against humanity regardless of gender preference, faith, etc. My mentor Daisaku Ikeda said this: " Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle." For 34 years of my life, I have endured struggle after struggle after struggle, but with all of your help from the very beginning, It has been easier and easier and more. Together with me, let's create FULL SOCIAL POSITIVE CHANGE on a scale this year like never ever before and create "An american positive human revolution" , seeing victories in the movement of civil rights and more. Thank you very much for your attention Sincerely yours, Christopher C. Gagliardi Petition Creator Give the youth the rights for justice against bullies!