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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. ... _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
