The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which provides a path to citizenship for same-sex couples where one of the partners is not a legal resident, is coming under fire from religious groups saying the act threatens overall immigration reform and undermines traditional marriage
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is urging constituents to call their senators and vote against the bill:
Yesterday, while I was on the Hill meeting with a handful of senators, I learned that FRC’s noise on the immigration bill, S. 424 [UAFA], is having a considerable impact. After your calls and emails started pouring in, one leader told me the legislation, which would give a special resident status to same-sex partners, had become an embarrassing “spectacle.” Although the bill is still active, finding support for it will be even tougher now that FRC has shined the light on its r
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Honda Champions Same Sex Immigration Reform
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DividedByLaw 1083 days ago
(http://www.care2.com)
Still, momentum is gathering and there are hopes that even if it is not done this year, immigration reform allowing LGBT couples equal rights will be a reality before long. The next step will be the outcome of President Obama's meetings and as to whether the Uniting American Families Act will be highlighted as a priority. But that doesn't mean we can sit back.
How Can You Help Same-Sex Immigration Reform
Sign this Care2 petition to urge President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriages Act. With DOMA repealed, equal recognition of foreign gay spouses can begin.
How Can You Help Same-Sex Immigration Reform
Sign this Care2 petition to urge President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriages Act. With DOMA repealed, equal recognition of foreign gay spouses can begin.
Sen Leahy supports same sex immigration benefits (ChicagoNow)
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freedom2immigrate 1083 days ago
(http://www.chicagonow.com)
Should U.S. citizens be allowed to seek green cards for their same sex partners? That is what Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy is proposing. And I think it's the right thing to do.
Immigrant advocates and labor groups are mounting a campaign to ask President Obama to keep his promise to bring immigration reform up in Congress. They are pushing for later this year. But any efforts to do so should include same-sex immigration benefits.
Immigrant advocates and labor groups are mounting a campaign to ask President Obama to keep his promise to bring immigration reform up in Congress. They are pushing for later this year. But any efforts to do so should include same-sex immigration benefits.
This issue hits LGBT Foreign Service families particularly hard. Like their straight colleagues, many LGBT Foreign Service officers find the loves of their lives while serving their country overseas. And thus begins the difficult path of constantly choosing between their family and serving their country. Most end up serving only overseas, to the detriment of their ability to advance in a career that depends on making connections back in Washington, DC. And most end up, at the end of their careers spent serving the country they love, not being able to retire to the country they love because it means leaving the person they love behind.
Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder and chairwoman of the advocacy group Love Exiles, gave up waiting for things to change and moved to the Netherlands so she could be with her Dutch partner, Lin McDevitt-Pugh. ...
Martha McDevitt-Pugh, founder and chairwoman of the advocacy group Love Exiles, gave up waiting for things to change and moved to the Netherlands so she could be with her Dutch partner, Lin McDevitt-Pugh. ...
Same Sex Immigration Rights Quit Your Apathy
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DividedByLaw 1085 days ago
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This fall I am returning to the U.S. with my German husband where he will apply for a spouse visa to stay permanently.
If we were the same gender, this wouldn't even be an option. An attack on marriage? I will never understand how these people think a gay couple's marriage will affect their own. It does not affect mine whatsoever.
What this is, is an attack on freedom and on love.Recently I have begun to see the possible benefits of having government not recognize marriage, but only civil partnerships, and to let marriage be only a religious rite.But I am sure the same people will also find some reason to be against this because it is simply about their hate, not because their marriages are at risk.
If we were the same gender, this wouldn't even be an option. An attack on marriage? I will never understand how these people think a gay couple's marriage will affect their own. It does not affect mine whatsoever.
What this is, is an attack on freedom and on love.Recently I have begun to see the possible benefits of having government not recognize marriage, but only civil partnerships, and to let marriage be only a religious rite.But I am sure the same people will also find some reason to be against this because it is simply about their hate, not because their marriages are at risk.
National News CNN runs front page story on gay immigration (in)equality
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OurHero-Tan 1085 days ago
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As a queer person, and as an immigrant into what is widely known as the “toughest country to get in to” in the world, I am constantly reminded of the inequality people face in this country who are involved in binational same-sex couples.I don’t have a Green Card, I am not allowed to work, I receive no government support, I am constant danger of my visa being revoked. As a student, I am forced to pay extortionate out of state tuition that is three times that of in-state tuition, and even if I were in a committed long term relationship, I would not be able to get a green card through my partner. I am actively discriminated against because of both my citizenship and my sexuality.
"It's sad...really, really sad...that this evil fucker is more enlightened on marriage equality than President Obama." It's easy for Dick Cheney to take this so-called "enlightened" ...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was asked about same-sex marriage at the National Press Club today. In his answer, Cheney mentioned his lesbian daughter and said that he has no problem with same-sex marriage at the state level. My transcript below.
Said Cheney: "Freedom means freedom for everyone. Many of you know one of my daughters is gay - something we've lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there should be a federal statue that governs this, I don't support. I do believe that historically the way marriage has been regulated is at
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was asked about same-sex marriage at the National Press Club today. In his answer, Cheney mentioned his lesbian daughter and said that he has no problem with same-sex marriage at the state level. My transcript below.
Said Cheney: "Freedom means freedom for everyone. Many of you know one of my daughters is gay - something we've lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish, any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there should be a federal statue that governs this, I don't support. I do believe that historically the way marriage has been regulated is at
Activists expect three or four binational couples to be able to testify before the senators, Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, told Advocate.com. “The hearings are really tremendous and an indication of the ... In a development that some activists are calling historic, a bill that would allow U.S. citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners to immigrate legally into the country is getting its day in Congress, for the first time.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) for Wednesday, June 3. The news came Thursday in a press release by Immigration Equality, one of the organizations pushing for the bill to become law.
As Feet in 2 Worlds reported this week, UAFA would allow gay and lesbian Americans to sponsor their partners for U.S. residency in the same way heterosexuals are
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) for Wednesday, June 3. The news came Thursday in a press release by Immigration Equality, one of the organizations pushing for the bill to become law.
As Feet in 2 Worlds reported this week, UAFA would allow gay and lesbian Americans to sponsor their partners for U.S. residency in the same way heterosexuals are
Senate considers Passport to Same Sex Marriage
Posted by
UnitedByLove 1090 days ago
(http://vcyhomefront.blogspot.com)
The Family Research Council in Washington is alerting the public regarding Senate Bill 424 introduced in Washington DC. Although this bill is called the “Uniting American Families Act of 2009”, FRC says this Bill is actually an attack upon marriage at the expense of U.S. taxpayers stating it is part of the movement to give same-sex partners special privileges. Senate Bill 424 will allow any gay or lesbian foreigner who declares themselves to be a permanent partner of an American to immigrate to the U.S. on the same basis as foreign spouses. And, like a married couple, these homosexuals would be eligible for “permanent resident status” under the current immigration law. The United States Senate Judiciary Committee will take up Senate Bill 424 at their Committee Meeting Wednesday, June 3rd at 10am. Both Wisconsin Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold are members of this committee. You
San Francisco Mayor Newsom Urges Census Count Same-Sex Couples
Posted by
OneVoice 1103 days ago
(http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com)
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom submitted a resolution Wednesday to the Board of Supervisors that would urge the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau to recognize same-sex couples in the 2010 Census.
Peter Sprigg vs Joe Solmonese on Same-Sex Marriage
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ATLdave 1104 days ago
(http://www.towleroad.com)
You may remember Sprigg's 2008 interview I posted here about the Uniting American Families Act. Said Sprigg: "I would much prefer to export...
Editorial A test case on same-sex fairness
Posted by
freedom2immigrate 1117 days ago
(http://www.sfgate.com)
Shirley Tan is a 43-year old Pacifica homemaker and mother of twin seventh-grade boys.
Senator Feinstein Emergency Bill Saves SameSex Couple from Deportation (Indybay)
Posted by
uluckidog 1126 days ago
(http://www.indybay.org)
Kathy Drasky - Because federal immigration law does not currently allow LGBT Americans to sponsor their partners, it took an emergency bill introduced on the Senate floor yesterday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to keep one same-sex binational couple and their family together in the United States.
Jay Mercado, an American woman and Shirley Tan, her Filipino partner, live in Pacifica, California with their 12-year-old twin sons, both American citizens. Shirley had been ordered to appear for deportation on May 10, but the emergency bill will keep this family together at least through 2010.
Jay Mercado, an American woman and Shirley Tan, her Filipino partner, live in Pacifica, California with their 12-year-old twin sons, both American citizens. Shirley had been ordered to appear for deportation on May 10, but the emergency bill will keep this family together at least through 2010.
Local singer Shannon Fortner is separated from her partner thanks ...Creative Loafing Sarasota, FLThe bill would allow US citizens to sponsor their permanent, same-sex partners for family-based immigration. According to UAFA, the definition of a permanent partner is an individual at least 18 years old who is in a committed, lifelong relationship ...
Senator Feinstein's Emergency Bill Saves Same-Sex Couple from ...Bay Area Indymedia, CAby Kathy Drasky Because federal immigration law does not currently allow LGBT Americans to sponsor their partners, it took an emergency bill introduced on the Senate floor yesterday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to keep one same-sex binational couple ...
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