Story that more probably could happen in Latvia where marrying or even just dating a foreign partner is still if not something totally extraordinary, then a shame and shock for all the society.
In Latvia only some start to speak about it and say out louder the problems that exist when encountering mixed couples both within laws and people's minds, e.g., this article from politika.lv shows injustice of many couples.
The story about mixedandhappy is even simpler and obviously biased. A judge denied a marriage license to an interracial couple with an argument of well-being of the children in this kind of marriage. The judge now is ex-judge but the couple is collecting pictures from 100 mixed families to send him as a Christmas greeting - a proof how happy and blessed they all are. In their blog you can already see 89 of them, just 11 more to go.
Love comes in all different shapes,sizes and colors. That is what makes the world go round. /Quote from one of the contributors/Way to loud topic for Latvia and our closed society. As I've discovered in my Bachelor thesis research we are not ready even for foreign employees in our companies, not even talking about couples that are from different countries but I'm positive that these thoughts are changing. And changing only for our own good.
Yes, I am quite subjective because of my own relationship, but we cannot deny that despite the angry protests, hate and discrimination, world is getting smaller and smaller by every day.
And that makes life only more interesting and beneficial, but doesn't makes us to lose our identity, traditions or worldviews.
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