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Thursday, November 6, 2008 12:00 AM

An answer to Proposition 8: Repealing DOMA

Democrats bear a particular responsibility to erase the stain of what Obama called this "abhorrent law," and can do so within the political consensus on gay equality.

Glenn Greenwald

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Thursday, November 6, 2008 10:13 AM

I'm one of the people Glenn's writing about, and I'm ready for some change I can believe in

I'm an American currently living in exile in Canada. My partner is from India. We're both struggling to adapt to the challenges of living in a new country. This wasn't how we wanted things to work out, but it's the best option open to us. I had to immigrate here before I could sponsor his immigration. It was expensive, it took a long time, and was difficult to leave my family an friends behind, but I had no choice. I'll forever be grateful to Canada for giving us this opportunity, but I hope one day to return to the States with my partner. Repealing DOMA would be big step towards realizing that dream. In the meantime I'm supporting http://www.immigrationequality.org/ with my donations, and encourage anyone interested in same sex immigration issues to visit their site.

—charlespowne Read charlespowne's other letters

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