The State of Maine’s rejection of marriage equality at the ballot box yesterday is being heeded as a call for federal LGBT rights by activists and organizations around the US, including Out4Immigration.
The Maine vote was 53% in support of taking away civil marriage rights granted to gays and lesbians by approval of the state legislature and signed into law by the state’s governor 6 months ago. 47% of voters supported marriage equality. “Subjecting minority rights to majority vote repeatedly denies equality to LGBT families,” said Mickey Lim, vice president and co-founder of Out4Immigration, a grassroots organization that works closely with same-sex marriage groups for recognition of same-sex binational couple rights tied to federal immigration policies.
Out4Immigation advocates for same-sex binational couples, relationships in which one partner is American and
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Maine Marriage Setback a Call to Action for Federal LGBT Rights
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Dallas groups push for equality
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igualdad 986 days ago
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Ahonen-Jover, 52, and Bare, 46, agreed that the first year of President Barack Obama's administration provides an opportunity for movement on LGBT-related legislation such as repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," reforming immigration policies to include binational couples, and access to health care without discrimination.
Speier questions pro gay immigration reform strategy
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BinatUK 992 days ago
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Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Mateo) doesn't believe including pro-gay reforms in a comprehensive immigration bill is the best strategy to win rights for binational LGBT couples. And with Congress bogged down on passing health care reform legislation, she also cautioned LGBT activists not to expect any action on the issue until 2010.
"By making the bill comprehensive it does muddy the waters," said the freshman House member, who predicted "nothing will happen this year on immigration."...
"By making the bill comprehensive it does muddy the waters," said the freshman House member, who predicted "nothing will happen this year on immigration."...
Local activists discuss next steps after Prop 8 debacle
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Unzueta primarily focused on her grassroots activism, such as her involvement in organizing the annual Dyke March and her work around immigration rights and GLBT issues. While the mainstream GLBT movement is very involved in marriage equality, she said, not all people agree that it is the most important issue, an opinion that was echoed by a few audience members in a Q&A session that followed.
“A lot of young queer people I work with don’t identify with the mainstream GLBT movement,” Unzueta said, stressing that it is important for local GLBT activists to remember that “LGBTQ people are part of other movements,” such as racial equality, universal healthcare, immigration rights, gender equality and other issues. “We are all affected by multiple forms of oppression,” she added. “We need to do a better job thinking of social justice issues as queer issues.”
“A lot of young queer people I work with don’t identify with the mainstream GLBT movement,” Unzueta said, stressing that it is important for local GLBT activists to remember that “LGBTQ people are part of other movements,” such as racial equality, universal healthcare, immigration rights, gender equality and other issues. “We are all affected by multiple forms of oppression,” she added. “We need to do a better job thinking of social justice issues as queer issues.”
Shirley Tan and Family to March with Out4Immigration at San Francisco Pride 2009
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Shirley Tan, her partner Jay Mercado, and their two children will join Out4Immigration—the all volunteer, grassroots advocate for same-sex binational couples and their families—at the San Francisco 2009 Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28th. Together, they will be marching for equal immigration rights for same-sex binational couples to remain together in the U.S. by urging Congress to pass the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA).
Obama Administrations Anti Gay DOMA Memorandum In Review
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Summary of US Response: 1) The Court Lacks Jurisdiction. (2) The Plaintiff’s Lack Standing. (3) DOMA Is a Valid Exercise of Congress’s Power under the Full Faith and Credit Clause. (4) DOMA Cannot Be Said to Violate an Asserted “Right to Travel”. (5) DOMA Is Consistent with Equal Protection and Due Process Principles. (6) DOMA Does Not Violate the Right to Privacy. (7) DOMA Cannot Be Said to Infringe Upon any Rights of Speech. (8) DOMA Cannot Be Said to Infringe Upon any “Right” under the Ninth Amendment.
So that is the response of the Department of Justice to the Complaint, generally. The question thus remains, “Is the memorandum, written by attorneys for the Department of Justice, on behalf of the United States of America, whose Chief Executive Officer is Barack Obama, the opinion of the President of the United States?”
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So that is the response of the Department of Justice to the Complaint, generally. The question thus remains, “Is the memorandum, written by attorneys for the Department of Justice, on behalf of the United States of America, whose Chief Executive Officer is Barack Obama, the opinion of the President of the United States?”
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first-ever hearing on The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a bill to end discrimination against lesbian and gay Americans in U.S. immigration law and allow lesbian and gay citizens to ...
Obama reaction to California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8
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USAFrance 1093 days ago
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Nada. Where have you gone, rainbow-colored-logo-Obama of yesteryear when you said: I support the complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) - a position I have held since before arriving in the U.S. Senate. While some say we should repeal only part of the law, I believe we should get rid of that statute altogether. Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does. I have also called for us to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I have worked to improve the Uniting American Families Act so we can afford same-sex couples the same rights and obligations as married couples in our immigration system.
Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man separated from spouse but (Bay Windows)
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igualdad 1142 days ago
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Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man separated from spouse, but ...Bay Windows, MAThe bill has the backing of the advocacy groups Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Immigration Equality. Yet advocates and lawmakers believe the prospects of passing UAFA in the short term are slim. In a statement to Bay Windows Kerry wrote that he ...
Sen Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay Couple (San Francisco Bay Times)
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ExileComingHome 1142 days ago
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Sen. 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. ...
Groups protest Hyatt and Prop 8 in Loop
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OneVoice 1144 days ago
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Chicago gay groups participated in two protests this past week, both propelled by the November passage of Proposition 8 in California and subsequent protests against them nationwide.
Summit planners stingy with No on Prop 8 dollars
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OneVoice 1144 days ago
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With hundreds of LGBT marriage equality advocates expected to attend the Equality Summit in Los Angeles Saturday, January 24 it appears that more than half of those organizing the event failed to contribute to ...
Bay Area family's life upended by immigration nightmare
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freedom2immigrate 1144 days ago
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A family could be ripped apart: Twins Joriene and Jashley sit with their parents, Jay Mercado and Shirley Tan, while Jay's mother, Renee Mercado, looks on in the back in their living room.
Io-wha??? (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
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ExileComingHome 1144 days ago
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San Francisco Bay GuardianIo-wha???San Francisco Bay Guardian, CADamn, I can't believe those Midwestern cornholers totally beat us bicoastal fudgepackers to the altar punch: so many delicious, delicious plot twists on the way to marriage equality. And yet compared to what's happening to so many LGBTs around the ...
DA blames Prop 8 for anti-gay violence (Bay Area Reporter)
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ExileComingHome 1144 days ago
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Bay Area ReporterDA blames Prop 8 for anti-gay violenceBay Area Reporter, CAPamela Brown, policy director for Marriage Equality USA, told the BAR that her organization recently completed a survey that listed Sacramento as one of the "hot spots" of anti-gay attacks during the Prop 8 campaign. "Sacramento was the region where we ...
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