They've been together eight years, marrying last month in Canada. Only Roy can't sponsor his partner for a green card because they're a same-sex couple.
"I don't understand how I have a legal document from Canada saying that we are legally married and why I can't bring him to the country," said Roy, 54, of Amityville, who did not want his last name disclosed because he is concerned about his partner's immigration status. "It's absolutely nuts."
The Family Research Council called it a "back door effort to redefine marriage." "The law in this country is very clear on what constitutes family," said Tony Perkins, the group's president. "People are connected by blood, marriage or adoption. This immigration policy is none of the above." For Blesch, who has a health condition, that means being unable to receive the Medicare benefits he receives here. "For both of us, we feel we don't have a home," he said. "We don't have a country."
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