the first time i watch common ground i actually sob . unless a person be gay and lesbian or bisexual and i really think it very hard for heterosexual to understand what many of u have go through and or be currently go through . this brilliant story link together three generation of gay and lesbian struggle in a mythical rural town in connecticut . i come of age sexually in the second story and which take place in the 1970 . i can identify only too well what the young gay man experience at the hand of his fellow bigoted classmate . and it ain not pretty . but the courage and fortitude he show to everyone make me feel proud and relieved because i know there be people actually like him in the real world . while common ground end on a positive note and connecticut actually be one of the first state to legalize gay marriage and i wouldn not want to be hold a wedding ( or similar ) ceremony in a place like rural oklahoma or in 2/3 of the united state and for that matter . the struggle of previous generation ( the first two story in the film ) be still common in way too many place and even if substantial progress have be make in the west coast and mid atlantic and new england and iowa ( who would have guess a gay person would have more right in the heartland than in california . good for you iowa . ) unfortunately and the struggle for fairness and common sense need to continue . few area of a person life be more personal and important than one own sexuality . i wonder how bigoted heterosexual would feel if they wake up one morning on another planet and they be make to feel something be wrong with them for be straight instead of and let say and bisexual . what and you do not engage in romantic relationship with both gender . how strange . how odd . how could you possibly not be sexually attract to both gender . what wrong with you . this be a lovely fantasy i wish i could have every bigot experience . i can only hope that in 2009 common ground be release on dvd and the extremely ridiculous r rating be downgrade to pg 13. to realize that a teenager struggle with his or her sexuality could not privately order common ground on their own be simply outrageous . the r rating and the fact that this film have not migrate to dvd speaks volume about our society utter stupidity when it come to treat gay and lesbian and bisexual people fairly . see also represent out of the past represent the struggle for gay and lesbian right in america .