[Augustine23553]

My wife was born and raised in Poland, and we were married there. At the time of our marriage, I was living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., which are overwhelmingly white, conservative and affluent with a strong military influence, kind of like an East Coast version of Orange County, Calif. I received several unsolicited comments about how our marriage was somehow ‘unpatriotic’ and contrary to love of country, as well as comments that ours must have been a sham ‘green card’ marriage. I was angered by this but not terribly surprised, as northern Virginia can be pretty intolerant to those who do not fit the white ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ norm. We do not encounter anything like this in South Carolina, and people accept us just as we are. Both of us are now U.S. citizens, and Old Glory flies proudly beside our front door.

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Name : Augustine23553, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 40, City : Columbia, State : SC, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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