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Lynnsey and Gabriela

03/02/09 09:01 Filed in: Living In Fear
Photo Lynnsey and Gabriela
I am currently an American Peace Corps volunteer serving in Ecuador. My story begins in June 2007, after a lifetime of dreaming of joining the Peace Corps. It was at this time that I moved to Ecuador in my attempt to serve my country and to make the world a better place. Less than a year into my two years of service, I met the love of my life Gabriela. Needless to say, it has been a worldwind love affair like one that is only seen in movies or in your dreams. Our relationship is still young and new, but I know, without a shadow of doubt, that I want to be with her for the rest of my life. I just wish my country, that I would die for, would give me that opportunity. With my two years of service in the Peace Corps quickly coming to an end, I live in fear daily of having to choose between my beloved country and the great love of my life. (photo: personal; "me and my beautiful Gabby", Lynnsey and Gabriela together since: February 2008)

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Americans take it for granted that if they fall in love with a foreigner, they will be able to sponsor their partner for residency in the United States. But there is no such option for same-sex couples. It simply does not matter how long a couple has been together, how devoted they are to each other or even if they are legally married in Massachusetts, California (before Prop 8) or a country that allows it; if the partners are the same sex, their relationship is irrelevant in the American immigration system. A matter of fact, if our marriages become known to an immigration official, it would be evidence enough (to them) of a reason to want to stay permanently in the U.S. and would be an automatic ground to deny our spouses entry, or even a visa in the future.



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