On a day that’s all about American flags, fireworks and hot dogs, I find my patriotism somewhat hampered: I am a first-class taxpayer and a third-class citizen.
Yesterday, against the back-drop of this great holiday, my Canadian boyfriend and I had the conversation. We talked about what’s next for us, and what we’ll be doing once he graduates next year. Having been together for two years now, our relationship has grown quite deep and our connection is strong. For the first time, we talked about marriage and what we’d want to do.
Of course, the conversation is impossible to have without considering the limitations of our situation. As a gay man, none of the 1049 federal rights, benefits and privileges that accompany a legal marriage are available to me. Among those rights is immigration; my Canadian boyfriend wouldn’t be able to pursue a citizenship path as part of our union. We couldn’t live in the United States.
How can my country put me in the position of choosing between the land I love and the man I love?
Fortunately for us, he’s Canadian. And since Canada has marriage equality, we’d be able to marry in that great country up north. As part of that marriage, I could become Canadian. In actuality, when it comes to international gay relationships, we’re one of the lucky ones.
It just really, really rubs me the wrong way that my home country treats me differently than my heterosexual counterparts. In America, gay people are third-class citizens. Perhaps, then, we should be taxed as such? It adds insult to injury that we’re all paying the same amount of money (if not more – as we can’t file joint taxes) for a watered down citizenship plan. I don’t want to pay full price for “US Citizenship Lite.”
So, Barack Obama: I’d like a discount. I’d also like reparations to be paid retroactively, as I’ve been aware of my homosexuality since before I started paying taxes at age 14.
234 years ago today, our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Its most famous line reads as follows:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
America, I’ll gladly drop my plea should you choose to honor this brave idea. If all men are created equal, please start treating us as such. You talk the talk, but now it’s time to walk the walk.
July 5, 2010 at 1:12 am
Davide, I’m proud of you.
What is it that gays want from marriage? You want to file a joint tax return and be subject to half the estate in the divorce? I’m not really getting the issue. If I was unable to marry my exes I think it would of been a blessing; but that’s besides the point. Seriously I’m just not getting the issue.
Even though I don’t date men, I can’t marry them either, just the same as you. You guys act like Jews in the holocaust, trust me, they know what being singled out really is all about. Take Davide and I, we’re both male, he’s gay, I’m straight; two different races, we both can marry women, we both can’t marry men. That my friends is equal rights.
I think what you guys are asking for is to be recognized as a married couple, which honestly is not a right. If it were, there would be no single people, they’d all demand marriage. So perhaps if you start looking at the situation for what it truly is, your “cause” can actually get somewhere. Is a government contract so important that is makes the true meaning of marriage null and void? Most women I know get married because of the emotional aspect of it, not the fact that they get material assets and government contracts.
I hope I don’t offend anyone here, I just ran across this blog a few days ago and never thought I’d actually comment, but I just don’t get most of what’s said here.
July 5, 2010 at 2:05 am
Breeder-thanks that was my whole point we all are treated equally.
July 5, 2010 at 3:11 am
lol… why is every1 stressing over gay marriage? its not the end of the world.. and davey, you dont rly need to worry about that anytime soon.. you’re “sexually active”, with a fuckbuddy in australia, half of new york at your disposal, and a boyfriend on the side. marriage is the least of ur worries
July 5, 2010 at 3:50 am
Fan-f*****g-tastic article. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Snappy without being bitchy, to the point, and so goddamn correct. Loved it.
July 5, 2010 at 6:16 am
It’s easy to say “I just don’t get most of what’s said here” (with regard to marriage equality when you HAVE the right to marry your straight BF or GF). That is the point…
Put yourselves in the shoes of the survivor of a gay couple (not me, just an example) who is having to pay inheritance taxes on property he and his partner purchased TOGETHER, all because their relationship was not recognized by the state…
Or the lesbian whose female partner is dying in the hospital, wondering where her partner is because that same person is not being allowed in to see the mother of her children because their relationship is not recognized by the state.
Or the survivor of a gay couple who was in ill health and could not work, so his partner was the breadwinner (but that partner’s life was cut unexpectedly short while on the job). Now, the surviving spouse (who isn’t recognized as such by the state and federal govt.) is being evicted from his home at the insistence of the deceased’s family who wants to sell it out from under him.
You see, it isn’t all about filing taxes jointly and it sure as hell isn’t about wanting their fair share of an estate they helped to build up if the two decide to go their separate ways. It goes much, MUCH further than that.
But believe whatever the hell you want; others will… The simple truth is that in time these issues will be worked out and it’ll be those who oppose homosexuals at every turn who will be shocked and bitching.
July 5, 2010 at 8:29 am
1997, it was said that every state in America same-sex marriages would be the law. Also this same study said most of the world same-sex marriages would be law. But the opposiite has happened. States have banned same-sex marriages (29) and countries thoughout the world are taking another look at this issue. Courts in Europe have denied same-sex marriages. Homosexuals themeselves where same sex marriages are permitted, few gays are getting married.
Why is this happening? The lack of humility within the gay communitiy. One only has to go back 45 years and see a man by the name of Martin Luther King, jr and see humility. He didn’t remove his clothing at marches, he didn’t piss on other civil rights marchers. He didn’t hand out lollipops in the form on penises and clits to children. He simply marched. Most of his marches were silent marches and protest. But in a few short years “his dream” became a reality. He also refused to play the part of the victim. Martin Luther King would not be proud of the events that are taking place at so many gay pride events. In fact he spoke agaist such things. Until the gay community gets its house in order, practice humility these rights that so many demand will never come.
July 5, 2010 at 8:33 am
1997 it was said by 2007 this would happen. forgive me
July 5, 2010 at 10:15 am
Davey, Well, Gringhistanis (Yankees) like you may be “third class citizens”, but you have lots of company in a nation which itself is third class, with national leaders who often are third class or worse (e.g. Cheney and his puppet George Bush Jr., ousted not by goon McCain but, whew! by Obama).
Welcome to Canada, Davey! The sooner the better! Out nation’s first class, monarch, Elisabeth II Queen of Canada, can be proud of new first class sposal citizens like first class you and her loyal first class subject, your first lass boyfriend! God save Her Gracious and Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elisation II of Canada and all the handsome “queens” in her Canadian Dominion!
July 5, 2010 at 10:44 am
Davide
A few thoughts about your disturbing and factually incorrect posts:
1) Special rights? What the *%&! kind of drugs are you on?
The opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being beaten to death is the only ‘special right’ the U.S. culture bestows on homosexuals.
2) You say ” Marriage has always been seen in throughout the course of human history to only include one man one woman.”
So, because that’s the way it’s always been , then that’s the way it should always remain?
I guess then, we should have never gone to the moon? (Because, until we went there, it could be said that throughout the course of human history, travel was only on this planet.)
OR
I guess we should never have searched for cures for disease, because, until the cure was found, throughout the course of human history tuberculosis was a chronic killer.
Same-sex love has existed throughout the course of human history. If it is only now that the strength exists to challenge the status quo, please let me know how this is any different than the struggle of women (less than 100 years ago) and the continuing struggle of African-Americans.
3) You say ” Marriage has always been seen in throughout the course of human history to only include one man one woman.”
a) Not true: Check out 17th century China, and 19th century Africa. In both instances same-sex institutions existed that were very similar to opposite-sex marriage.
b) While state-sanctified marriage in recent Western culture has been about a woman and a man…be aware that it hasn’t always been about ALL women and ALL men. At various times the Irish have been denied marriage to the English, blacks have been denied marriage to whites, natives have been denied marriage to non-natives, and divorced persons were denied a 2nd chance. Clearly the definition of marriage has continually changed over time. Why should that we stop the change now?
4.) Finally, a quote from Oscar Wilde that I believe applies to this issue: “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” How does recognizing the love, responsibility, and commitment to nurturing of two same-sex persons pose any threat to the institution of opposite-sex marriage? I suspect that marriage will be a stronger and healthier institution when gays are fully admitted into it and when the gay teens of bigoted “family-values” parents are able to look at the gay families out there and recognize their own worth and potential as same-sex partners.
Davide, you have a heart and a brain for a reason: I suggest you start using them wisely, in a manner more becoming to the Christian principles that you so frequently espouse.
July 5, 2010 at 10:47 am
Lucas
Out of interest, can I ask if you’re straight or gay?
Married or single?
And what right of yours are you willing to give up, given that, in perspective, you have so much more than so many?
July 5, 2010 at 10:47 am
Ouch!!! Being a woman you sure can bust this mans balls! Bravo!
July 5, 2010 at 11:10 am
@Davide..Your comments always seem to me offensive: ‘dishonour’, ‘dishonest’, ‘simply not true’, ‘inaccurate’. Why can’t you try putting your view without going out of your way to offend, it might make your views easier to digest, afterall what you say is only just that. Its not necessarily anymore ‘truthful’ than what anyone else has to say.
July 5, 2010 at 11:10 am
Davey: Not more than 2 weeks ago you were talking about THINKING DIFFERENTLY about situations so as to live in an empowering context for one’s life. Perhaps you could stand tro revisit that idea when you feel like a 3rd class citizen.
July 5, 2010 at 11:14 am
Who says I’m a woman?
July 5, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Thank you Maryland. Rhode Island did the same a couple of years back. I don’t know if marriage is legal there yet, but it is in 4 of the 6 New England states right now. This seems to be a growing state’s rights trend.
I only wish the federal government would skip “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and move into the gay marriage argument. I don’t want the right to kill. I want the right to love.
July 5, 2010 at 1:32 pm
God bless Davey, Amanda, MichaelM, blfstyk and more…
I wish that I could call out Davide and others of like mind as being aberrations. But I cannot, as most Americans and the vast majority of humanity do not at all get what it means to be an ‘American’.
To coin a phrase, ‘the equal protection of the laws’ isn’t everything, *it is the ONLY thing*. If fighting for that, and for real liberty, isn’t worth getting pissed about, nothing is.
Exiled in Europe
July 5, 2010 at 2:15 pm
s**t, I have to ask.
Davide, why did you come to America, anyway? You come from an unbelievably rich culture and an unmatched geographic beauty. The only downsides (this from an American’s perspective) to Italy are (albeit hard won) cynicism and an attitude of resignation to the world, attitudes which are apparent in your writings.
America is *defined* by being progressive, by hope and, yes, by a concomitant drive for fairness seen in very few places in the world.
BTW, for the “What’s the fuss?” crowd, the lack of marriage equality costs a gay couple between a worst case $467,000 and best case $41,000 over a lifetime (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/your-money/03money.html). Double that or more for an average binational couple. Not victims, indeed.
Still Exiled in Europe
July 5, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Yes you can – ask those gay & lesbian couples, including members of the British armed forces, who took thier governments to the European Court of Human Rights because this is a human rights issue – we gays are being denied our human rights and being discriminated against around the world just for who we are and for who we love…are we really going to continue to allow this to continue to happen…? – if they can hang two gay men in a Muslim country simply for being gay then we need to be far more vocal in demanding our human rights in the equality of being allowed to marry in exactly the same way as straights, first by being granted full Marraige Rights and then for those of us who want a church wedding, either by a minister of the Metropolitian Community Church (an LGBT Anglo-Catholic Church) in New York there are such people like Catholic Priest Fr Bernard Lynch, who is himself gay & strongly disagrees with Vatican Teachings, who would marry us – here in the UK and in Manchester the Lesbian & Gay Foundation (LGF) along with Manchester City Council have done civil partnerships and the Rev Andy Braunston of Metropolitian Community Church Manchester would marry gay people – no one is going to give us our rights unless we fight for them and fight bloody hard…and as an Irish gay man I am not afraid to say what I think being age 39 and learned all of the above the hard way, having been bullied and put down by other people all my life just for being gay in Rural Ireland, a common experience among most if not all Irish LGBTs in Ireland….the peaceful way simply does not work, we have to fight this in the courts lobby our political leaders for the law to be changed by non-violent direct protest action if needs be and legally challenge every legal point of the current legislation in the courts that would deny us true equality and true parity with straights – and that is why Pride is so important – we need more gay police to come out, more gay soldiers, more gay pilots, more gays from every walk of life – just think that at Manchester Pride we had straight & gay/LGBT members of Greater Manchester Police and those flight attendants of British Airways marching in full uniform – we need to create a situation that moves beyond the clubs and bars and we should be wary of commercial interests trying to hijack or infiltrate, thereby derailing or defeating, our attempts to achieve full equality
July 5, 2010 at 3:07 pm
John-my family moved to America at 14, I had no say on the matter. But I do love America. We get to Italy few times every year. Italy will always be home. What you say about Italian-could be true. You almost make us sound proud and conceded. Some truth to this. Every Italian is proud they are Italian. We are complex people who always speak their minds freely. We not into all the political correctness that much of the world seems to adore. So we are seen as brash and cocky. And we think the most of the world needs to take their thumb out of their mouth-grow up and show maturity.
July 5, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Indeed, you are a man to be reckoned with.
July 5, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Thank you; you clearly understand the problem here.
True equality (inasmuch as all persons are created “equal”) is the only measure which satisfies what did appear to be the real true intent of the founding fathers. Anybody who has access to a copy of the founding documents can see this, provided he or she does not have an agenda of their own to serve and justify.
I would (and HAVE) fought for the rights of religious persons to follow their hearts and practice their faith. I’ve come under fire from some in the very community of which I’m a part of (LGBT) because of it. It’s always so very interesting to come across those who place “their faith-based opinions and beliefs” above the rights of others to have opinions that seemingly differ from their own.
My initial comment in here was written with a couple of people in mind, with whom I’ve been arguing with over on the Topix website. Sadly, some of what I said does seem to fit what Davide has expressed in the past as well – and for that reason, he took it as being written “ONLY with him in mind” (and now a huge brouhaha has developed between the two of us).
Like I’ve said; I’ve tolerated and even respected (to a big extent) differences of opinion but when somebody who has professed he was a “friend” cannot extend the same courtesy to those who disagree with him (without going into a full-fledged meltdown and throwing a tantrum)… Well, it goes to show who your real friends truly are.
One or two posting here (Davide and one other poster, whom I believe was encouraged by Davide to post), do not seem to fully understand just what the real cost (both, financial as well as in “peace of mind”) is to same-sex couples, over and above what the heterosexual couples do experience in their lifetimes. IF (and this is a big “if”) they understand the real numbers involved, that cost is considered “meaningless” and acceptable because of what I believe to be their religious beliefs. Those who oppose marriage equality often think that to somehow give recognition (at the State and Federal levels) to the unions of same-sex couples would somehow undermine any perceived (and it is ONLY a perception) of the religious definition of “traditional” marriages.
It doesn’t. If a straight couple’s marriage is somehow seemingly perceived to be “less” because their gay neighbors were allowed to marry, then my guess is that the heterosexual couple had a pretty worthless relationship to begin with.
Equal accessibility to the protections and opportunities, afforded by this nation under the law, ARE everything. To resign ourselves (straight, gay, bisexual, you name it…) to accepting anything less violates the true nature expressed within the founding documents – and THOSE DOCUMENTS and the values that they represent are what men and women have given their lives for, since the birth of this great nation.
Namaste,
Michael
July 5, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Nothing wrong with pride, or even conceit (cute up to a certain age
). And freely spoken is very cool (life is too short for circumlocution) as is, of course, cocky! 
What is not cool is giving up. Not seeing a wrong and calling it out. What some have perhaps seen as whining in this post, I see as simple truth-telling. Davey has just tried to make the powerful uncomfortable by helping them see their brutalization of gays. Pushing back disdainfully on that is a diversionary tactic–and cowardly. To the haters: own your hate. Then get over it.
Still Still Exiled in Europe
P.S. My definition of a civilized country is a place where one can be slightly intimidated in a remote Italian town by a crowd of teenaged boys on mopeds, then realizing that none of them would do anything of which their mothers would not approve. Viva Italia!
July 5, 2010 at 4:46 pm
OMG, love the name (“a man to be reckoned with”)… ROFL!!!!!!!!!!
Your comment is likely to be lost on those posting, who fail to understand the merits of why we’re fighting for marriage equality but your points are well made. I’ve blogged about this so many times on my own blog because I just don’t understand how some fail to “get it.”
But the YouTube video that is embedded in my blog on this date (see http://quipsnquills.com/wordpress/?p=1228) basically says it all. If we allow others to vote on OUR relationships, where does it stop? When do their own unions come under speculations and “go up for a vote” just because some who are closed-minded or might be perceived as religious zealots decide “their union isn’t acceptable.”
Take care,
Michael
July 5, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I’m not making excuses for him but I do suspect that some of it is cultural. Davide often mentions how cocky and narcissistic he is, so I’ve grown accustomed to looking past the way in which he often phrases his opinions. You’re correct; they are his “opinions” – nothing more, nothing less (and like a butthole, we all have one).
July 5, 2010 at 5:14 pm
That is your “opinion” but to be fair, the black civil rights movement only had (and in some cases, STILL must) to fight the bigotry of those who were of a different color and perceived themselves to be better than black men and women. The gay movement has had to overcome the same bigotry, but it is found among ALL color of persons… Have you never heard of the phrase “down low”? It’s a common turn of phrase used to describe black men and women who are gay or bisexual, who are ‘passing as straight’ among their brothers and sisters (the black community) so as not to have to face the judgment and persecution that might follow if their sexual orientation were known.
Inasmuch as Martin Luther King is concerned, you do his memory a great disservice to assume he would not be proud (and SUPPORTIVE as well) of the fight many of us have taken on, on behalf of gay men and women everywhere. And for the record, the fight for black civil rights was not won over the course of a “few short years.” It was a struggle that took MANY, MANY years (and still today, there are those among are numbers who are closed-minded and prejudiced whereas black people are concerned). It’s a sad statement with regard to people today, that they cannot see past their differences long enough to realize how very much they have in common.
What is most distressing is that you do not even see how much you have personally benefitted from the willingness of others to fight on behalf of your own rights. Do you think for a moment that you would have been able to safely enjoy the job that you love so much (fireman) if others had not begun the fight long ago, in an effort to tear down the walls of prejudice that was entirely based on stereotypes and misunderstanding?
Achieving our goal will not represent the end for our great nation; it will simply mark another great milestone in our journey to live up to the ideals that the founding fathers DID intend for this nation almost 2 1/2 centuries ago.
July 5, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Michael-I don’t even know the guy that posted. First time I ever seen him post here. I have no clue who he even is
July 5, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Sei uno vermi
July 5, 2010 at 9:38 pm
We are our own worst enemy. This has always been the case with oppressed people. Some will buy into the social programming of the oppressor and do their work for them by speaking out against the interests of their brothers and sisters.
Until all gay people find a common ground and come together we will never be equal. We are in a unique position. Unlike people of color our difference is not obvious. We have also done an excellent job of further segmenting ourselves by creating different kinds of gays (twinks, bears, daddys..etc) This has done nothing but create a split in OUR community. Again, we have done the work of our oppressors for them…they don’t NEED to oppress us, we do a good enough job of that on our own.
It breaks my heart that any gay person would speak out against marriage rights. You don’t need to get married, but you should have that choice. As things stand, in far too many places in this ever shrinking world, We aren’t even allowed to make a choice. Please people, take 2 minutes and think. We should be united and working toward a day where sexuality is not a factor in considering someone’s worth
July 6, 2010 at 2:49 am
Dear Davey,
You are totally right and the situation that I’m having now is kinda the same as yours.
I’m a Hong Kong citizen, my bf is a US citizen and we are living in California. Unfortunately, my visa is expiring and I am applying for another one with no guarantee that it will get approved. If they deny it, I will have to leave. That’s why we are crossing our finger and hope that the visa will get approved.
The immigration reform that Obama is promoting now has included the Uniting American Families Act which enable a US citizen to sponsor his/her foreign SAME-SEX partner an immigration visa.
http://immigrationequalityactionfund.org/
So please please please support this bill so me and my boyfriend or you and your boyfriend will not need to be separated anymore.
July 6, 2010 at 7:40 am
Hi Billy-my boyfriend and I went through a similar experience as yours. I am an Italian immigrant, I am a citizen of the USA and Italy. December last year my boyfriend who is an Italian (of course), had a visa. He had obtain work permit J-9 form and his employer was to be is sponsor. There are literally dozens of different types of visa. They even have visa’s for snitches that help law enforcement. Anyways time was running out and he had to return to Italy. He was still waiting on his work visa to get approved. Government takes forever to accomplish anything. We traveled to Philly to talk to the Italian consulate see if they could do anything. The couldn’t but they got us in contact with people at the State Department. Anyways he now has a work visa that is good for 3 years, and it can be extended 6 years. The immigration laws of the USA are the most complex in the world.
I totally support UAFA. One of the stipulations is that persons must be in a “permanent relationship”. This could be a problem with me and my boyfriend cause we have no clue if our relationship is “permanent”. Or does he know if he wants to stay in the USA, hell I don’t even know. Immigration is not cross the board. Each case is a stand alone case. If you are from a friendly country such as Italy-visa’s are more easily obtained. If he was from Pakistan much harder. We were pissed at all the crap we had to go through and hundreds of dollars spent. But if we were a straight couple it would the be same, unless we were married. But even then there are different types of circumstances. Even married straight couple are denied visas. Many cases a spouse can not sponsor the other. Total mess for everyone not just gays. I guess I could have hidden him under my bed or in the closet. But then I would be in violation of Federal law and could go to prison for 2.5 years. I do not have much sympathy for illegal immigrants in the USA. But that’s a whole other matter. I hope things work out. If he must go and this bill passes then he come back. But realize if you are just boyfriends and have no desire to stay in a life long relationship the UAFA does not apply to you.
July 6, 2010 at 11:01 am
Billy, iWish you and your bf “the-best” regarding the visa. … On another note, like Davide, i’mAlso a “twinless twin,”(thanks to my murderous self)
.’ But, like Michael M., iAm also friends with Davide, and to add-to Breeder’s comment: Davide has Never-said he’s against “same sex marriage!” And like iTold Cliff on another post of Davey’s: Davide is “NO troll!! So plz-stop with the name-calling already, Ty. And if some-here “actually-knew” the definition of a “troll,” they’d know “it-doesn’t apply to Davide! And Davide, Michael M nor i,do-NOT hate anyone and we-all should be-able to disagree upon occasion with Davey Wavey, or with each other, with “No perception of hate” ever being the intent. Furthermore, as far as iKnow: Michael M., Breeder, Amanda, Davide, KewlJim, Alex, MosaicDave, i,”nor anyone-else here” hates anyone, whatsoever! Nevertheless, like Davide, i’llNEVER-be any of that “politically-correct B-S,” the same among much-other-crap that’s helping “RUN OUR COUNTRY INTO-THE-GROUND!!!” Love and Peace to you Davey and “All the rest of you, _ _ _ fierodavvi69(iAm also gay 
’) …also go-by, davvi
July 6, 2010 at 12:49 pm
My word, I could swear gay people sit online all day fighting for their specific demands.
July 6, 2010 at 3:09 pm
This is why I’m glad I live in Canada, I am very disappointed in the U.S. for being a failure of a country on basic human rights. I hope to live to see it become what it should have been for over 200 years but I’m not holding my breath.
I also am very angry over the wars/hysteria over 9/11 when more important things matter that the U.S. should care about & doesn’t. Canada’s not perfect either but IMO it’s probably the # 1 or maybe # 2 best country to live in overall with the strides we’ve made in a lot of areas of life … What’s keeping the U.S. from doing the same?
There’s no excuse, & it saddens & sickens me to think of ever having to be in the U.S. right now. But try to enjoy your life there as best as you can whoever lives there … I know I couldn’t.
July 6, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Hi Jason,
My boyfriend and I are thinking to move to Canada if my visa is not going to be approved. But the thing that we really concern about is job opportunities. Is it easy to find a job in Canada? Do you know which city is the most gay-friendly and has the most job opportunities?
Thank you so much.
July 7, 2010 at 8:24 am
Yes,Jason,you’re from my favourite Country:Canada!,as-is ScottyDynamo. iKnow everyone is aware-of”Obama-care”that President Obama,napolitano, ried and pelosi(check my spelling)”Rammed-Through!” … And they “Can’t and Don’t care-less”about “us gay,lesbian,bisexual and trans-gender, as individuals nor, as a group! Let-alone any of the straights as individuals or a group! They only care-about their clan in Washington! Furthermore Jason, the clan goes far-back&includes All the-bushes&clintons. But “RonaldReagan was “The Lone Exception”of course!! “His Clan” helped many-many people e.g., caucasians(gay&str8);blacks(gay&str8);latinos(gay&str8);fought strongly-for and “Carried The Torch” for Aids prevention!, etc, etc, etc. … Yesterday they began denying government-employees access-to virtually-All website news-outlets as-well-as “True and Contraversial”websites e.g., subversive element. Alarmingly-enough but to no-surprise, “All-of-Us are “Next-in-line” for TOTAL web-surfing Denyal!! ‘Cause The Informed-Ones must-be Shut-down and later-on, dealt-with and/or “Eliminated! … And, yes, 9-11 was “Staged!!” The Murdering-Scum planned it 14years in-advance! But some, in The WT-Towers e.g., Stock Market “short-sellers” were “clued-in” ahead-of-time, right-before 34thousand workers,many with children, were All Murdered!!!(radical Islam “was in NO-WAY connected! … Sorry to say, BP was also Staged, to facillitate “their healthcare-style Ram-Through” of “Cap-&-Trade!” … i’veRattled-on & Bored-all of-you “Too-long & iApologize! Nevertheless, it’s “ALL TRUE! iWish it-Wasn’t! iKnow iWas “Off-Subject, so: Davey,Jason,Davide,Amanda,Nina,Cris,Alex,JackO,Erick,Darrel,Cliveey,Garrett,Jack ofUK, Hilary,Karen,TheresaGambaro and her friend Ty Stober,Jengen,FluffyBri,MichaelM,Sebastian(Ken),Billy,TomKazoo,AlexJ.C,GaryBing,David-n-Jerseey,Cliff,KewlJim and “Everyone-else here, Love and Peace from _ _ _ davvi of,fierodavvi69
July 8, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Well that’s pretty confusing, I initially assumed you were Canadian because of your main Youtube channel profile :S Happy belated fourth of July, dude.. I’m from Canada and can’t imagine how awful it must be to be discriminated against like that. Hope you and your boyfriend all the best.
July 9, 2010 at 10:24 am
I think Equality should file a class action suite against the federal government to enforce the Constitution since obviously some citizens are NOT treated equally.
July 10, 2010 at 9:16 am
“we hold these truths to be self-evident” says the declaration. So who can deny freedom and equality to anyone else? If you do so, you’re simply eluding humanity from your fellow. Who would dare to do so? So there is only one word to describe this “non-equality” : violence and violence only. But above this, I don’t think that Davey is just weeping “I’m under-appreciated”, he only says “that is not fair and we have to fight against this.”
October 28, 2010 at 10:54 am
well-you can put it this way-taxation without representation.its rather walk the walk rather than talk the walk.peace harmony and love is what its all about.i would like to live in Virginia-however hearts and minds need to change.and attitudes need to come full-circle in the str8 and gay world and all the variations of life out there.here in northamerica we live not at all like saudi arabia.lets all practice what we preach.and then we can live up to our potentiality.Obama gives us a tug of war-a see-saw existence of life.Doma-Enda-DADT-need to go.and no patchwork of legality.this is not a pipedream.most people want it this way.For Canada-and its not at all perfect-Canada-ad mare usque ad mare.from sea to sea.Amen.