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Gay couple denied entry into U.S.
Officials wouldn't accept Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell as a 'family'


MARLENE HABIB
CANADIAN PRESS

Two gay Canadian men who are legally wed in Ontario say they were refused
entry into the United States today after a U.S. customs official at the
airport wouldn't accept their customs clearance form declaring themselves
a family. 
Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell say they abandoned their trip to Georgia
when the customs official at Pearson International Airport rejected their
family customs declaration form, insisting that they fill out separate
forms as single people.

After complaining to a customs supervisor, Bourassa said the couple was
told that they wouldn't be allowed into the United States as a family
because the country doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.

"When we realized we weren't going to be allowed into the country, we had
to make a real hard decision," Bourassa, claiming a violation of human
rights, said in an interview from the couple's Toronto home.

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