What can you do?~~~TarHeelGirl

This is a bit of a rant, so bare with me...

Yesterday my boyfriend and I had to say Goodbye to a great person and friend...because of a stupid law that is founded on religious bias and nothing more...

This friend, Steve, is gay. His partner is from Japan and has been going to school here for several years. Now that he is finished with school, he has to leave the country. If they were a straight couple, they could get married and all would be well, but because they are gay, and the marriage ceremony that they had isn't legal in most places in this country, his partner has to leave. He is moving to Canada and Steve is taking a teaching job in Wisconsin so they can be close enough to visit eachother.

It breaks my heart to see this couple go through so much to be together because our government feels the need to contol it's citizen's personal lives.

But what can be done to change it? I have protested and wrote letters..but there comes a time when you feel helpless...that our government doesn't care.

There is absolutely no reason for gay marriage to be illegal. The only arguement anyone seems to be able to come up with is "religious values", which is quite confusing because religion isn't SUPPOSE to have any factor in our laws...but it does..why? Every once in a while, someone will come up with the arguement about the preservation of the human race...logically, that is the most rediculas arguement I have ever heard...In the 2000 census, gay couples made up only 0.42% (less than 1%) of the total number of couples counted in the US. Believe me, there is absolutely no chance of the human race becoming extinct.

I apologize if this rant doesn't make sense, I am a bit emotional over my friend leaving...and that so many have to disrupt their lives, or live with unhappiness, because some people can't get past their own ignorance.

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