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In reply to the discussion: It Was Like One Slap In My Face After Another... Gay Husbands Go To Red America. [View all]DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)And I have to be positive that they will change over time. I have to be in that mode for my husband because losing his family would cause him great pain.
And so we will be out and kind and pleasant and show them they are wrong in their beliefs. It is all I can do, try to win them over. Any other choice, I feel, would not be the choice that most supports my hubby in the best possible way I can.
In the 1940's in my state, they passed a law that men caught doing homosexual acts would be arrested and castrated. This week I went to a family reunion wearing my wedding ring, I walked on the street holding my husband's hand and I kissed him in the center of downtown despite some really nasty looks.
70 years ago we could have been locked up and castrated for that.
So that is my perspective. I will continue to work hard for change. I will see each step as victory. BIG victory.