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Madison and Dzmitry

13/01/09 09:52 Filed in: Living In Separation
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When I met my White Russian in person for the first time, one cold winter day in Warsaw, Poland, I knew my life had forever changed. Dzmitry is the love of my life, and a profound blessing that God sent to me! I've never experienced this depth of love. But we can't live together. Belarus is 5000 miles from the United States. I've only been able to visit him two times in nearly 5 years!!  I own a small business and have to work long hours. Sometimes I'm so lonely missing him that I feel like I can't possibly withstand more of the stress. It's pure Hell to be forced to live like this, separated from my beloved, especially as I realize that my own country, "the land of Liberty," the United States of America, doesn't give a damn about me because I'm homosexual, and my family has no value.

We're praying that President Obama will not delay issuing an immediate presidential executive order to nullify all laws in the United States of America that have been destroying the lives of GLBT Americans.  Dzmitry and I, and the tens of thousands of couples like us, only want to live normal happy lives together, so that we can help contribute to the happiness and well-being of our country. Visit Madison and Dzmitry on Change.org (photo: personal; Madison and Dzmitry, 2007-2008)

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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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