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February 2012, Vows and Unions for Marriage Equality
The 10 Commandments for Gay Marriage
You may start reading this with a little bit of dread, expecting to be told once more that all that is needed is for you to be an understanding partner. You must know that the healthy same-sex marriage requires more than understanding.
Since we are celebrating weddings and marriage at 10thousandcouples.com this month, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share with you my “Survival Guide to Marriage”. Even though the divorce rate is so high in today's society, the average person still believes in the institute of marriage. Throughout the world the LGBT community fights for that right every day.
Though marriages are meant to last a lifetime, they at times have their problems. My best example of this is what I call "the seven stages of a cold for a married couple".
The first year of marriage, one partner says, ‘Honey, I’m worried about you, my darling. You do not look well. I want to put you in the hospital for a complete check-up. I know the food is terrible there, but I have arranged for meals for you to be sent in from your favourite restaurant’.
The second year: ‘Listen, sweetheart, I don’t like the sound of that cough. I’ve called the doctor and he said I can bring you in this afternoon. Just rest in bed until it’s time go.’
The third year: ‘Maybe you should lie down, dear. I’ll make supper tonight. Do we have any cans of soup in the house?’
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John Szlachetka, also known as Jasz to many of his friends, has been an activist, speaker, and writer for LGBT rights, for a number of years. A former high school teacher, he has seen the discrimination and bullying LGBT youth face everyday. He himself has lived through discrimination and homophobia both from his family and society in general. This has made him stronger and more determined to fight for the equality of his LGBT brothers and sisters. Besides his activism, he also councels LGBT couples with problems that arise in their relationships. He is also a pastor for the Universal Life Church. When he is not marrying couples, he is saving them from crisis. You can also find him in many different facebook groups, fighting along side his LGBT brothers and sisters.
As a member of the 10,000 couples team, Jasz hopes to promote both the e-magazine, and to to bring more couples into our 10,000 couples family. Now that Same-Sex-Marriage has become an important subject world wide, he wants bring together everyone in the LGBT community to fight for the rights of our community.