Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A tale of two Google Searches...

During the Superbowl,  the internet search giant Google  ran a very clever ad, that featured the story of a long-distance romance which,  thanks to help from Google has a  happy ending...

 

For tens of thousands of  "other" couples  in  long distance  relationships,  this ad is the opposite of the reality they live with every day.   

Binational couples are couples in which the partners come from different countries. Nineteen nations allow their citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration benefits. Unfortunately, the United States does not.

Because of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, even same-sex couples who have been legally married in U.S. states or foreign countries are not able to immigrate based on their marriage

The  odious, foul,  misnamed and  I might add, completely uncostitutional  "Defense of Marriage Act", legally bars same sex couples  from  the Google ad's 'happy ending'. 

For the more than 40,000 binational same sex couples in the United States,   Google's  ad  should  really look like this...





For more information on issues of Immigration Equality and  to find out what you can do to help, check out  immigration equality's website.

1 comment:

Biki Honko said...

Ohh..... that is the saddest thing I have seen in a very long time.... I hate our countries policy on gay marriage! What a travesty to live in a country that claims that every American has the same rights and freedoms. Well, I guess if you fall in love with a opposite sex person then you are nicely loved and protected by our laws, but if not? You are out of luck.