Only one thought that really is driven home. Thak gosh I live in Canada. Just slightly ahead of the North American pack - a better place to live! Thanks for the details, sad as they are.

What a shame. Shame on too right-thinking America. Any established common-law relationship should entitle either partner to spousal benifits. What good could possibly come from denying this? Ultimately, it seems to be just about money.

I have grown up with gay and lesbian friends and never really thought about their situation as far as pensions, shared ownership etc... I have always had mixed emotions, moral/personal. The Passionate Eye gave me a different perspective on it tonight. Morally, I have had wars within myself about gays and lesbians, but personally, they are my friends and I love them dearly and care about what happens in their lives. Some of them have been together for over 20 years now and will probably be together forever ... I hope they will get equal rights as people, not gays or lesbians, but people. I know this was in New Jersey, and I hope it isn't the same here in Canada, I hope the gay/lesbian marriages will stop this foolishness from ever happening again. People are people, we are all equal and deserve respect and dignity. Thank you Passionate Eye for showing this film... I hope Laurel's partner Stacie finds some peace. It must have been horrible to watch someone you love that is so full of life, slowly slip away...
Peace be with you all. This world could use more compassion and less judgment..

Thank you very much for broadcasting this heart-moving, touching, and inspiring, documentary about the struggles of gay and lesbian Americans in their own country. As an American living in Canada, I forget how the politics of religion plays an important role in the lives of oppressed sexual minorities in the United States and the rest of the world. Hopefully, we are living in extraordinary times where changes in societies are happening in an accelerated manner and the true colors of false religion are being uncovered my hundreds. Maybe the so-called "Christians" will learn more about the compassion of their own Jewish founder.

What was missing for me or maybe I missed it was: did she ever smoke? If so, how long?

My goodness, hard to believe that people still have such bigotted opinions and beliefs in this, the 21st century. What grace and dignity shown by Laurel and we all should be so lucky and blessed to have a partner such as Stacie.

It was just an extraordinary film. I am so glad that I watched it. 1. It was very fulfilling to see the grassroots finally win and how the general public made social progress. 2. I observed the county freeholder committee was internally divided, although they tried to present themselves in unity to the public. 3. I don’t understand that high school student who showed sympathy for the county freeholders. 4. The story proved the saying that when you really know someone, it becomes impossible to hate him or her. Even the very right-wing personage in the film stood beside Laurel, because they had worked together. So I think pre-judgment, without even knowing, is very dangerous. That could apply to the attitudes some people still hold for gays.