Ken and Mark

06/07/09 12:19 Filed in: Living In Separation
Ken and Mark
We met through a mutual friend. Fell in love instantly. First meeting we were inseparable for 2 weeks. We cried when I had to leave. He thought I would be gone forever. I called him from Hawaii and he cried but it was a happy cry, because he knew we fell in love. It was very emotional. Today we are separated by many miles of water, many islands and countries. We meet online now 2 times a day for an hour at a time. I can financially only visit him on occasion. We wish that we could live in the USA but without the immigration laws to change it would force us to move elswhere. I will go back in September. I just wish he was coming back with me. Time passes. Our love is so strong....

(Photo; personal; "The Philippines our first happiness together. My LOVE. Sometimes I think we will be separated forever because my country is to slow to regognize that we are human and need to be with each other. Our bonding is a true bonding of love. Time passes but our love is strong. He is Filipino, Me American.")

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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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