Blog Summary "For My Wife" (Maren Dahle-Koch)

The documentary "For My Wife" is over-flowing with claims, and as it centered around a very controversial topic, it was not difficult for both sides to make as many claims as were stated.
First off, Charlene effectively used pathos in order to bring her audience into her emotional roller coaster of an evening. She told of how the social worker would not let her see her partner, who lay dying, simply because she did not have paperwork proving that they were legally together. The court system claimed that the events that occurred that night can be qualified as "making one group jump through hoops and not another." The "ignorance" shown towards Charlene was not going to be tolerated as people who fought for the bill to pass claimed "the bill is about letting people who love each other be together" and that "people who are committed to each other and contribute should not be denied rights."
When Charlene "put a human face" on homosexual struggles she was able to more heavily persuade the court and the public that what happened happens everyday and should be ridded of. "Homosexuality is advancing as its movement to have equal rights" and the governor realized this and so the bill as claims that were backed up were made and made effectively the bill was passed.