Reality, you gotta pick your battles and this one was easy…if you don’t want to be around personally, then leave but it is far time that we homosexuals fight not to be harassed and to life peacefully

I’m glad this couple got justice, but what a fight it’s been. I have friends in a similar situation who are going through their own battles in court. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

At the time our then neighbour began to develop Alzheimer’s disease and became increasingly abusive and spent hours shouting taunts and abuse at us every-time we went into the back garden. This behaviour began after then the Cardinal Ratzinger published his paper on homosexuality my devoutly Catholic and dementing neighbour apparently interpreted this as a right to prosecute his previously controlled homophobia openly. My Catholic partner wrote to the local Church and asked the priest for help nothing happened he did not even get a reply. I wrote to the Archbishop and my letter and subsequent telephone call also went unanswered.

As my neighbour’s dementia got worse so did his behaviour he became violent and physically threw things at us. I had great respect for my neighbours wife who suffered greatly from this unfolding tragedy in her life. But it left us with either the option of taking action or selling up, we sold and moved had my neighbour not been dementing we would have taken action.

I have often wondered should we have stayed and fought or did we chicken out?

I am happy for Tim and Shane but what an ordeal for Any couple to go through. It rings of the Hatfields and McCoys.

Congratulations to the Supreme court and the QADT for issuing Justice in this case.

Fianlly, Good luck gentlemen and Best Wishes from a Brother in Canada.

Sincerely,

Richard H.