Two Canadian men meet on foreign soil, fall in love, and decide to live their lives as a married couple forevermore.  They have a civil union, which in all legalities is equal to a marriage, or so they think. They return to Canada, assuming that their lives together will be happy and they will be accepted and recognized as a married couple.  They buy a home together, open a joint bank account, and together furnish their house with all the items needed to make a house into a home.  Unfortunately, their life as a couple turns for the worse, and due to marital problems, abuse, and adultery, one of them files for divorce.  Little did they know, until then, that Canada does not recognize their civil union as a marriage at all.

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.