To the Radiant and Beloved Diararchs of Equestria: Princesses Luna and Celestia,
We the stallions and other undersigned of Equestria, in order to form a more perfect country, establish social justice and ensure domestic tranquility, hereby petition for the following changes to be made to our fair country. In accordance with Equestrian law, we have provided 25,000 signatures of separate and legal citizens, all the age of seniority to ensure that it is the will of the people that these changes take place.
1. Equal Pay. We demand that sex or gender no longer play a role in the hiring or escalation of salary at any job, public or private. We wish for stallions to be paid the same as mares for the same work.
2. Equal Employment Opportunity. We demand that job applications no longer require pictures of the applicant. We believe there is a social stigma against stallions filling certain roles in the community including education, science, technology, government, and sociology (e.i. councilors, lawyers, therapists). Stallions are almost exclusively filling the roles of physical/manual labor in Equestria, and this is no longer acceptable to us.
3. The Ensured Right to Divorce Current Herd Alpha Mares and Elect a New One. We demand that, should an alpha mare perform poorly in her role as the leader of a herd, that it be a stallion’s decision to replace her with another member of the same herd. This is to be permanent and not up for veto until the original alpha mare is prosperous again, or once again is worthy of her role. Failure to do this would result in the permanence of the newly-elected alpha mare for the herd.
4. Nullification of the “From the Horse’s Mouth” Law. We demand that victims of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse on the part of others within one’s herd (or without), NOT be forced to come forward themselves. We demand a dual-witness law, in which an elected friend and/or relative may champion said abuse victim and report the illegal actions to the authorities— with or without their permission, with or without evidence, as long as there is no malicious intent present.
5. In Lieu Parentis, Punishment. We demand to have precisely half of the responsibility for our foals and adopted young, and en lu of our entire herd being able to care for our them, the ability to halt any and all activities until arrangements can be made. If not one of our herd’s mares can come forward to provide love and care, dire consequences should be set down. It is not merely a stallion’s job to care for the foals of a family unit. Failure for mares to do this should ultimately result in charges of foal neglect, especially given the greater size of some modern herds.
We the undersigned eagerly await the official addressing of the above petitioned subjects, and know that you will make the right decisions to lead Equestria’s stallions and mares to a greater and more prosperous tomorrow. We understand social change is not fast or easy— but it must start at the very top, with our beloved Diararchs.
Signed,