Excerpts about gay marrage in the book another country

Before we remembered we were always dying and always keeping on. Now— clink! There is no sign of rain in the City of Light. The air smells of sweat and hope, piss and tobacco, a hint of rose. Alice B. Toklas has just arrived from San Francisco, her city recently devastated by the big quake.

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As a result, Catholic Charities in several states was forced to give up its adoption services rather than be forced to place children with same-sex couples. In the United States, the First Amendment right of free exercise of religion is coming under pressure from proponents of same-sex marriage.

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On May 29, , looking very handsome in their tuxedoes, they celebrated their forty-ninth anniversary by getting married by a justice of the peace in the Boston Public Garden. By the close of business on May 17, Cambridge topped the state in marriage applications, taking in and, then issuing licenses to couples who obtained court waivers on the usual three-day waiting period.

Gay Marriage

In the above quotation, Parsi seeks the assistance of LGBTQ people living in Western nations, providing a powerful reminder that while things are slowly improving in the west, there are still queer people all over the world who live every day afraid for their very lives. In her most well-known fight she took on a Goliath: the United States government.