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“We have a petition about enacting a law for what now?” Twilight yelled as she paced around the chambers she shared with her wife Celestia.
Calmly Celestia lifted the petition over, “It says that our marriage is not legal on the circumstances of an old law placed into effect by King Ferreus of the Kingdom of the Unicorns. The law has never been repealed and thus is still in effect and the law reads as such.
"The practice of intimate relationships between two mares or two stallions shall hence forth be referred as sodomy. Sodomy is the very violation of the natural order of things, these unclean and heinous actions must not be allowed to continued. Sodomites and those suspected of practicing sodomy shall be persecuted to the fullest extent of the law as befitting the punishment due upon the worst of crimes. As such these illegal relationships have no bearing before the law nor shall they be permitted to marry or formalize their relationship.”
Celestia paused, “That’s the paraphrased version, the actual law which they have included goes on much longer, it is even more insulting and cruel and even more incomprehensible.”
"Why would they even try to do this?" Twilight muttered to herself as she continued to pace.
Celestia sighed, " You know why. Although this is the most blatant attempt they have made against whoever I married."
"Right, alicorn...." Twilight said as she slowed her pacing, "With me here there is no possible future opportunity for them to try and court you, and courting you is how some are trying to amass power. I know that they want the law to go into effect as quickly as possible so we don't have time to really counter it, so what do we do now?”
Celestia sat there thoughtfully, "We could just overrule them. However there is enough signatures on the petition that we should not dismiss it outright. Despite having only some Ponies' signatures here, these are some with quite a bit of reach and influence and snubbing them could have them raise quite a bit of fuss over it. What they choose to do could be potentially disastrous."
Twilight sighed, "This was why we tried to keep everything we could private. So they wouldn't swoop in like a wake of hungry vultures."
Celestia suddenly smirked, "I think I may have an idea. What we need to do is build enough support that helps back my decision to overrule them. Political support is a start but it is not enough so we will look further.."
Celestia turned to her wife, "Have any of your friends or their family given you a special gift?"
Twilight nodded, "The Apples gave me an apple tree carved from wood with Granny Smith's and Applejack's Cutie Marks at the base. Fluttershy's parents gave me a necklace with a primary feather from Fluttershy and her father and their Clan symbol. They both said something along the lines that these gifts were important and showed my ties to them."
Celestia's smirk turned into a grin, "Formal gifts of Friendship from two of the largest and influential families in Equestria, the Apples and the Whitebolts. Both families made some appearance at our wedding."
"Oh, right! I'd never seen Fluttershy wearing anything from her clan before but she did at the wedding. She told me she was there both as my friend and for her Clan."
"Your parents also gave their blessings to the marriage, right?" Celestia asked.
Twilight nodded, "They did once they snapped out of their shock...." Twilight paused as the pieces came together, "You want the backing of Equestrian citizens behind our marriage but also for homosexual relationships in general. This law threatens not just us but also homosexual relationships in general and with their support behind your overruling there is more weight to help deter any further attempts. To do that you want to utilize our connections to ask for support from some of the oldest and influential Families, Clans, and Houses. If they support it then these few Ponies won't have much ground to stand on as the citizens would object to the attempts at annulling our marriage, not to mention that if these few Ponies went ahead with it then they do so at the risk of potentially losing a lot of business because the citizens object to what they are attempting to do, and for some of these Ponies their business is the source of their power and fortune."
Celestia nodded, "That's exactly what I am going for. Between the two of us we could ask for support from many Ponies and that will help give us enough time to properly overturn and remove those laws."
"I think this will work," Twilight said. "Homosexual marriages have been legal for almost a millennium, I'm sure we can get the support we need."
"Perhaps we should get started? I have not been to Sweet Apples Acre in some time, maybe we could start with them?"