In our April lead story, Is Marriage, By Any Other Name, Still Marriage?, I told you about Will, the Gay married British man who was the victim of spousal abuse, and was then thrown out of his home without any property or personal possessions. Unfortunately, he has lost his legal battle in the Canadian court system. Will had been seeking a divorce, and a partition of the matrimonial home and its possessions.  The judge in the case, The Honourable A. Duncan Grace, would not render any decision due to the fact that it would be too precedent-setting in the eyes of the Canadian Government. The judge did not feel comfortable being in a position where he must force Canada to recognize another country's same-sex marriage laws with an implication for Canada's immigration laws.

By John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author

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.