To
CY: Flee to freedom in Canada? American citizen living in exile...in
Canada? Because you are a homosexual? What a set of ridiculous statements.
In United States there is a segment of the population (not as large
as they say they are) that live and enjoy the same rights and privileges
than the rest of the heterosexual population enjoys. The only 'right'
they don't have (neither do we) is to marry someone of the same
sex. If CY, the lesbian letter writer wants to live in our Country
she has to obey the same laws and accept the same moral standards
applied to the rest of the population. (Another comment, this one
for the Editors of this website: What does the self imposed exile
of two disgruntled homosexuals have to do with the inspiring immigration
stories of thousand of freedom loving people that risk their lives
to come to USA and are received with open arms and compassion in
our great country? Definitely this story does not belong here!)
Idilio
M. Gonzalez
La Palma, California
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To
CY: Sexuality is what you label yourself, persecution will always
happen in the world. Why as a gay man have I not been made fun of,
persecuted or beat up? I can tell you in a few words. I don’t
need to advertise my sexuality, don’t need to act butch, fem
or gay. Just a person who lives amongst others and is 100 percent
accepted for who he is in heart, mind, and soul. I came to the USA
to be a free person, not persecuted by communism. Take my words
as positive constructive criticism. We cannot change the fact that
people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and
that is our attitude.
Humanus,
No Label
Los Angeles, CA
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Do
you walk down the street hand in hand with your boyfriend, do you
kiss on the corner, on a cold day would you walk through the park
with your arm around your partner to keep him/her warm. Or are you
hidden to the world around you. Can you visit your ill parnter in
hospital when relatives ban you? Can you propose to your boyfriend
and get married. Can you sponsor your partner of 6 years, who is
from another country. Now tell me if you still think you are free.
Persecuting
may exist, but I'm not afraid to stand up for myself and say "ITS
WRONG". Equality is not for some, it is for all!!
It
only takes one pebble to make a ripple across a lake, one thought
to create an action, one voice to start a revolution. Stand up and
be counted.
WannabeeAmOz
Washington D.C.
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To
Humanus: The point of my post was to ask why a US citizen is being
persecuted by their own government because that is essentially what
is going on. And the reason is because I am a lesbian. If I was
not, I could sponsor my partner and we would not be in this situation
in the first place. So again, America opens the door to so many
yet there a great number of couples like us out there who are in
the same situation in which the door is being closed. Why are we
being excluded and being forced to choose between our country or
our loved ones? If we want to debate the immigration problem, we
have to include everyone. Trust me, I have been dealing with this
since 2003 so I know what I am talking about. I can deal with a
little discrimination but I cannot deal with being persecuted.
CY
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
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