"YOU DID WHAT!?" Twilight couldn't prevent herself from screaming when she returned early the next day.

Pinkie didn't look so concerned, "It's normal for colts to experiment," she insisted, "Ponies are naturally Bisexual, we just can't afford to let Stallions act out on their natural impulses. All you got to do is explain to colts why what they did was wrong, which I already did. Spike and Button will probably still be curious about each other for a little while but that's normal. Just stay consistent well voicing your displeasure and they will grow out of it,"

Twilight glared, "That's not what I'm upset about Pinkie! How could you not only spank Spike but cancel his sleep over!?"

Pinkie gaped, "Didn't you hear what I said? Spike and Button were KISSING!"

Twilight glared, "And you just admitted that it's natural for ponies to be curious about the same gender. I NEVER agreed with how Stallion couples are treated. If Spike wants to experiment he has that right, like any other pony. It might be taboo but it's far from illegal,"

Pinkie just gaped, not sure what to say.

"I think you should go," Twilight glared.

Pinkie gaped before screaming, "Don't you DARE make me the bad guy in this! You have any idea how hard a life Spike will have if he actually got involved with a Stallion!? Think about what is actually best for him before you push your liberal agenda onto your son!" Pinkie stomped off and slammed the door behind her.

Twilight blinked as she tried to process Pinkie's reaction. It sounded like she thought she had the moral high ground instead of just being a homophobe...

Twilight sighed, she knew Pinkie wasn't one to let her fear control her, and probably actually thought she was just looking out for Spike's best interest but this was more then a "liberal agenda"...

Blue Blood, Celestia's favorite descendant and adopted son, was gay. Celestia loved him but she also made him hide who he really was so as to not create a scandal, even to the point Blue Blood had to entertain the mares at the social events. He made this bearable for himself by tormenting "gold diggers" as he called any mare who showed the slightest interest in him.

Blue Blood had to live a double life, scared of ever being discovered by the public because it would embarrass his adoptive mother, Celestia... scared he would make her regret adopting him... Twilight didn't want that for her ward. She wasn't going to let Spike be ashamed of who he was. If he wanted to date a colt more power to him.

She marched up to Spike's room, intending to give him this big speech about he should ignore Pinkie and make Button his special somepony, if he really wanted... but when she got their she found the boy asleep in his basket with Screwball spooning him... Pinkie hadn't told her Screwball was here... probably because she got mad and stormed out...

Screwball was snuggling Spike in her sleep, treating him like a plushie. This wasn't the type of situation a guardian would like to catch their ward in. Still it was rather obvious this was a perfectly innocent moment.

Twilight was about to leave when the squeaky door woke up Spike, "Twilight?" He rubbed his little eyes with a much smaller hand.

"Go back to sleep Spike," Twilight insisted, "I want you to enjoy what's left of your sleep over, that you can salvage,"

Spike looked like he was going to cry, "I'm sorry!" he insisted, "I didn't mean to be bad well you were gone!"

"You weren't bad Spike," Twilight assured as she came inside.

"But Pinkie said-" Spike tried.

"There are many ponies that will claim what you did was wrong. That your thoughts are unnatural but I promise you they are not," Twilight picked him up with her magic, careful not to wake Screwball as she took away her plushie. The mare hugged her ward / little brother, "You did nothing wrong and there is nothing wrong with you,"

"But... what about the population thing?"

Oh that myth, curse you Pinkie, "There are over a half a billion Stallions in the world. If some of them choose to date another Stallion we aren't going to die out. That has been happening since before Equestria was founded regardless of how much we shame them for it, and we are still here. Besides, limited stallions is what we have herd agreements for," She absentmindedly said the last part.

"Herd agreements?" Spike blinked.

Twilight blushed, "It's... like a much bigger family. Where lots of mares, who are really close friends, will marry the same Stallion. A Stallion that likes the idea of having a bunch of wives and tons of kids and agrees to it of their own free will... many Stallions don't like the idea of being shared like that but more then enough of them do that it easily counters the 10% of them that just aren't attracted to females... It's perfectly okay if you like kissing Button... nothing bad will happen,"

Spike looked down, all kinds of confused. Pinkie was pretty adamant that his life would become Tartarus if he dated a Stallion but Twilight said it would be okay... he was inclined to believe Twilight. Pinkie was probably just overreacting.

•

Later that day, as Screwball and Spike played around town, Twilight went to visit Love Tap.

The Mare opened the door, it looked like she had been crying. Twilight's ears pinned at just how badly she was taking this.

"Your highness!" Love Tap gaped, "Please come in," she quickly ushered Twilight inside and closed the door before anypony could see her, "I am so sorry!" Tap insisted, "Button is a good boy! He's just confused. I tried getting him to stop looking at Stallion magazines. I even tried sending him to one of those reeducation camps over the summer but all they did was shame him and make him cry and I just couldn't-" Her mouth snapped shut as she realized she said too much, before insisting, "He didn't mean to shame your ward! He's never actually acted on his feelings before! Please, he-"

Twilight held up her hoof, "I filed a new law today through Townhall. Our town's first official law as a city state,"

Love Tap gulped, "Y-yes Your Highness?"

Twilight took a breath and stood regal, "In it details how any crime against a Stallion, for being attracted to other Stallions, will be treated as a hate crime," Love Tap was speechless but Twilight wasn't finished, "And any Stallions, that want to legalize their union through marriage, are welcome to do so, with all rights and privileges that entails,"

Love tap's eyes filled up with tears, but they were happy tears this time. She collapsed onto Twilight, crying with heavy sobs. Twilight hugged her with a wing, "I'll make the world a better place for both our boys," she swore.