Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry has asked the Obama Administration to grant asylum to Genesio Oliveira, a Brazilian national who married his partner in Massachusetts but was then forced back to Brazil.
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Tim Coco, right, sits in his Haverhill, Mass. office Friday, March 20, 2009 as he speaks to his husband, Genesio 'Junior' Januario Oliveira Jr.
Sen Kerry wants asylum for husband of gay man
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Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts.
Kerry Seeks Asylum for Homosexual Man Married in MA
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Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts.
Kerry seeks asylum for gay man married in MA (The Associated Press)
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Boston GlobeKerry seeks asylum for gay man married in Mass.The Associated PressThe 2000 census found at least 36000 gay and lesbian couples in the United States in which one partner was a citizen and one was an immigrant, said Rachel Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, which advocates for gay and lesbian immigrants ...Kerry Asks Attorney General to Reunite Gay Couple Lez Get RealSenator Kerry Wants Asylum For Married Gay Man On Top Magazineall 274 news articles
Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man (EDGE Boston)
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Kerry pushes asylum status for gay manEDGE Boston, MAPatrick Leahy (D-Vt.) filed the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would allow Americans to sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration purposes, just as heterosexuals are allowed to sponsor their spouses. The bill has the backing of the ...
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Kerry Asks Attorney General to Reunite Gay Couple (Lez Get Real)
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Lez Get RealKerry Asks Attorney General to Reunite Gay CoupleLez Get Real, District of ColumbiaThe advocacy group Immigration Equality estimates that some 37000 gay bi-national couples are affected nationwide by these rules. The couple met in 2002, when Oliveira was on vacation and were married in 2005. They own a home together north of Boston ...
Sen Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay Couple (San Francisco Bay Times)
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San Francisco Bay TimesSen. Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay CoupleSan Francisco Bay Times, CAKerry is a co-sponsor of a bill in Congress to extend spousal immigration rights to same-sex couples. Gay couples can marry in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Vermont’s Senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage March 24. The vote was 26-4. ...
Kerry seeks asylum for gay man married in Mass (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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In a letter sent Thursday to Attorney General Eric Holder, Kerry said Immigration Judge Francis Cramer found Oliveira's testimony to be credible and his fear of living in Brazil genuine. However the judge denied the claim, saying the man "was never physically harmed" by the rape, the letter said.
Kerry called the ruling "outrageous."
"Tim and Junior have played by the rules since day one," Kerry said. "Junior's asylum claim is a legitimate one and has been recognized as such."
While Brazilians are generally more tolerant of homosexual conduct than their neighbors in Spanish-speaking Latin America, the country remains something of a paradox.
Judges have granted foreign partners in gay relationships the right to residence and have authorized civil unions that bestow many of the same benefits of marriage to gay couples, but many segments of society remain openly hostile to homo
Kerry called the ruling "outrageous."
"Tim and Junior have played by the rules since day one," Kerry said. "Junior's asylum claim is a legitimate one and has been recognized as such."
While Brazilians are generally more tolerant of homosexual conduct than their neighbors in Spanish-speaking Latin America, the country remains something of a paradox.
Judges have granted foreign partners in gay relationships the right to residence and have authorized civil unions that bestow many of the same benefits of marriage to gay couples, but many segments of society remain openly hostile to homo
Kerry seeks asylum for gay man wed in Mass (The Standard-Times)
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"Their relationship isn't being treated equally, and at the end of the day, hardworking American citizens who play by the rules are forced to choose between their country and the people they love," Tiven said.
Kerry has co-sponsored a bill that would allow gays and lesbians from other countries to become legal residents based on their permanent relationships with U.S. citizens in the same manner as heterosexual couples.
Coco said he and Oliveira would eventually do whatever it takes to be together.
"We will be, even if it does mean I leave the U.S., but we're hoping that will not be the only option," he said.
Kerry has co-sponsored a bill that would allow gays and lesbians from other countries to become legal residents based on their permanent relationships with U.S. citizens in the same manner as heterosexual couples.
Coco said he and Oliveira would eventually do whatever it takes to be together.
"We will be, even if it does mean I leave the U.S., but we're hoping that will not be the only option," he said.
Kerry seeks asylum for gay man married in Mass (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sen. John Kerry has asked the Obama administration to grant asylum to a gay man who was forced to return to Brazil after he married a U.S. citizen in Massachusetts.
There are thousands of couples in the United States who worry everyday about being forcibly torn apart by their government. Even more LGBT citizens...
John Kerry for Gay Immigration Justice
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Kerry Asks Attorney General to Reunite Gay Couple
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