The View From Your Protest: Vancouver

A reader writes:

The speeches were heartbreaking today. One guy just left his brother newly diagnosed with cancer and a father diagnosed with a terminal heart condition and moved here. Why? Because his non US partner was not allowed to stay in the US with him. So they chose to move to Canada to be with each other. As for me and my partner, we are one of the 18,000 couples who recently married in California. As we are both US citizens, unlike many of our friends, we can live together in the US. However, until the day comes when we have equal civil rights as our straight neighbors, thanks but no thanks. Canada is now our new home. I cannot tell you how good it feels to have equal civil rights under the law.  It is more profound than I had ever expected or can explain in a few short words.