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Barack Obama wrote a beautiful letter to a 10-year-old girl who was being bullied about her gay parents.

Back in 2015, the Supreme Court’s decision to support marriage equality changed America for the better. In the realm of politics, it effectively put “the marriage debate” to rest. And the vast majority of America has followed suit, with polls showing ever-growing majority support for marriage equality.

However, that doesn’t mean the fight for true LGBTQ equality is over. Case in point came in 2012, when then 10-year-old Sophia Bailey-Klugh wrote a letter to President Obama thanking him for coming out in support of marriage equality during the presidential election but also expressing concern over how her classmates were responding to her two fathers:

 

Not only did President Obama respond, but he also addressed all of Bailey-Klugh’s request. And yes, that includes saying “hello” to his daughters for her. The letter is a master class in dignity and compassion. Like the best of all presidential letters, Obama also uses it as a teaching moment, knowing on some level that the letter will likely circulate far and wide beyond the eyes of one 10-year-old child: