Let me spice up the issue by mentioning that a legally married gay couple were denied entry to the US, as tourists, as long as they claimed to be married?
To enter the US, in case none of you have ever had to do this, you need to fill out a card declaring what items, if any, you are importing to the US (I'm in San Jose, right now! I'm on someone elses laptop, so I must make this short). Well, you only need to fill out one card per family...
Please look for the article and you might find a link to another article quoting the very eloquent objections to this course of action by some (non-trivial) government officials.
Needless to say, this upsets me. Should the US respect the marriages of other countries? Does the US have the right (or, perhaps more appropriately, an incentive) to enforce their beliefs onto citizens of other countries, even if they are visitng? Something to think about...
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