Zach Wahls is a 19 year old engineering student who was raised by two women. His goal was to persuade the government officials to not pass a law to disallowed gay marriage in Iowa. Zach had a very daunting task of arguing for something that people fear and hate for no reason. Persuading people who are generally closed minded to the idea of gay marriage or gays in general is difficult. I do believe his speech was persuasive, and does follow the A.I.D.A format very well. He opened by appealing to your typical American’s sense of pride in where they come from; identifying himself as a sixth generation Iowan. He also reveals himself to be an engineering student, which I believe was the show that he was not your average Joe. Intelligence and success always seem to get the attention of high officials and businessmen. After getting the attention of everyone, and introducing himself he drops the bomb; He stated that he was raised by two women. …show more content…
He talks about his grandparents coming around to his parents union and bringing another grandchild into the world. Zach also mentions that his sister is a full sibling and shares the same donor. I believe he was softening the mood, to make a few people smile and let their guard down. He also talks about how his family is like any other. His family goes through the good and the bad times like any other. One of his mother’s was diagnosed with MS and has made things a little difficult. Zach at the point is bringing him and his family up to the same level of anyone else; humanizing himself and gay