ok this is a break from india, but is something that tends to stop me in my tracks every time i think of it. i think it’s something that that a lot of non-american’s don’t know about our country too (half of the people that read this blog are from thailand).
40 years and 2 days ago it was still illegal in 16 states for a black person and a white person to get married. (map) it took a supreme court decision to force all US states to allow interracial marriage. in a country where there is constitutional separation of church and state, many states justified this ban by the belief that god is against race mixing.
when massachusetts started allowing same-sex marriage, i think many religious fundamentals thought that the sky would start falling and that hell fire would rain on boston. massachusetts has the lowest rate of divorce in the united states, while texas maintains the highest.
even with massachusetts allowing same-sex marriage there are still many federal rights (including immigration) which are denied to legally married same-sex couples. there are many states which refuse to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in massachusetts.
ohh, in other news i’m in a foreign language heaven here. i have time to finally write my blog in thai, i get have time to read thai books and magazines, i get to hang out and talk with thai people, i have a sanskrit teacher that comes to the house 5 mornings a week and a kannada (the local language here) teacher that comes to the house in the evening.
aw wanted to check out your new blog but seems like u’re not done yet..55 is everything ok?
My dear Luke,
Your life in Mysore sounds full and relaxing and like you are really having the time to do the wonderful things you like to do. I am happy about that and we look forward to seeing you soon. Love, Mom