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brihana25

Finally, a reason to use this icon

Apr 18, 2010 06:08

I got this link from ibroketuesday and I just... I've got nothing. There are honestly absolutely no words to describe what I'm feeling right now. And that's just from reading about it. The men that had to live it, I just... I can't even imagine.

Sonoma County CA separates elderly gay couple and sells their homeAfter bursting into tears at one point reading the ( Read more... )

rant: idiocy and you, rant: politics and other bullshit, rant: what the ever-living fuck?

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moonshayde April 18 2010, 11:33:59 UTC

What?

Wait, even with the horror of being forcebally separated, they sold their home too? Is that even legal?

ibroketuesday April 18 2010, 12:14:52 UTC

I almost cried too. What a nightmare.

fireffly April 18 2010, 12:55:17 UTC

That is fucking disgusting. And in CA?? How can people be so ignorant in this day and age?? It's not like any of these 'people' did anything for personal gain, at least I don't see how (but then I don't have a mind for that shit) so why the fuck would they care? People can put anyone they want down on those papers, doesn't have to be family. This is beyond me. I can't get my head around it. Poor Clay, loosing the last three months. And poor Harold, he was alone when he died. Another sad thing about this is the county and all being sued can delay and delay until Clay dies. This is so bad. I just.. grrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nialla42 April 18 2010, 14:39:10 UTC

I can only hope that Obama's directive to Health and Human Services to prevent this sort of shit gets done quickly.

This was against their civil and human rights, straight up. Torture, if you want to get down to the heart of it. How could all the "do no harm" healthcare professionals allow this? I really have to boggle over the number of people who had to go along with this, just to keep two gay men from comforting each other as one of them is in their last days, leaving the other homeless.

Also makes me wonder if they had some family involved in the situation, who pushed things along. "Blood before love" is pretty much the de facto legal position.

13chapters April 18 2010, 15:22:52 UTC

That's horrible, but mostly I can't get over how WEIRD it is. I grew up in Sonoma County, and it's quite a liberal, gay-friendly place. My parents' congresswoman is easily one of the most liberal congresspeople in the House (according to this analysis, she's the fourth most liberal rep), and one of their state reps is himself gay.

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's not exactly a bastion of homophobia, you know? I'm scratching my head at how this could have happened.