A fund-raiser has been planned on Sunday, February 28 to support Immigration Equality, an organization that is seeking to get the U.S. HIV ban repealed this year, and is working hard to get legislation passed that will allow a U.S. citizen to sponsor his/her same-sex partner for permanent residency in the United States.
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Puerto Vallarta puts same-sex legal issue center stage
Posted by
USABound 133 days ago
(http://www.guadalajarareporter.com)
How I define an LGBT issue (Open Left)
Posted by
ATLdave 214 days ago
(http://www.openleft.com)
In all the LGBT community dialogue in which I participate and observe, immigration reform is never one of the "big" issues at the federal level. Usually those most talked about include hate crimes, ENDA, DOMA, DADT, and HIV/AIDS policy.
Why is that? I think it's because with the exception of HIV/AIDS, all of those policies specifically discriminate against LGBT people. Federal employment non-discrimination laws, for example, protect lots of categories of people- race, religion, sex, and so forth. Sexual orientation and gender identity are specifically excluded, so this is an "LGBT" issue.
Contrast that with immigration reform. After the Uniting American Families Act provision wasn't included in the bill as introduced (which would allow same-sex binational couples to have the same access to immigration benefits that heterosexual couples do), I can't tell you how many p
Why is that? I think it's because with the exception of HIV/AIDS, all of those policies specifically discriminate against LGBT people. Federal employment non-discrimination laws, for example, protect lots of categories of people- race, religion, sex, and so forth. Sexual orientation and gender identity are specifically excluded, so this is an "LGBT" issue.
Contrast that with immigration reform. After the Uniting American Families Act provision wasn't included in the bill as introduced (which would allow same-sex binational couples to have the same access to immigration benefits that heterosexual couples do), I can't tell you how many p
Here and here, you can read statements by both the National Hispanic Christian Leader's Conference and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops both indicating their strong rejection of anything that includes provisions for LGBTQ couples and families with regard to immigration. The Uniting American Families Act would allow same sex couples the same rights as opposite sex couples in terms of immigration rights. But I guess that is just too threatening for both groups. There will be too many queer folk and queer families in the US that the institution of marriage will crumble, and that could possibly mean the end of the world.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Hispanic Christian Leader's Conference can both KISS MY ASS!
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Hispanic Christian Leader's Conference can both KISS MY ASS!
Rights at heart of marriage issue - Nashua Telegraph
Posted by
ExileComingHome 438 days ago
(http://www.nashuatelegraph.com)
As New Hampshire is poised to become the sixth state to approve same-sex marriage, experts in both camps agree the law would give few unique legal rights to gay and lesbian couples that they lacked with civil unions alone.
The federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 sees to that, blocking 1,138 marital rights and protections for homosexual couples even in states where same-sex marriage is legal.
...In March, GLAD filed a federal lawsuit in Boston challenging the denial of benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act for eight married couples and three surviving spouses living in Massachusetts.
The suit notes Congress adopted DOMA before same-sex marriage was legal in any state and claims it violates the equal protection clause under the Constitution. They advised supporters on their Web site that the lawsuit route could succeed before DOMA is ever ta
The federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 sees to that, blocking 1,138 marital rights and protections for homosexual couples even in states where same-sex marriage is legal.
...In March, GLAD filed a federal lawsuit in Boston challenging the denial of benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act for eight married couples and three surviving spouses living in Massachusetts.
The suit notes Congress adopted DOMA before same-sex marriage was legal in any state and claims it violates the equal protection clause under the Constitution. They advised supporters on their Web site that the lawsuit route could succeed before DOMA is ever ta
Obama Under Pressure on LGBT Issues (The Advocate)
Posted by
MarcoMUC 440 days ago
(http://www.advocate.com)
Whether it’s the recent progress of marriage equality, the pressure of selecting a fair-minded U.S. Supreme Court nominee, or the long-awaited overturn of the military’s gay ban, LGBT issues have become unavoidable for President Obama, says a must-read article in The New York Times on Thursday.
Economy Remains Issue No 1 But Right-Wingers Paranoid
Posted by
DividedByLaw 473 days ago
(http://www.skeeterbitesreport.com)
...abortion and illegal immigration, are ... the appointment by President Obama of Harry Knox, an executive of the Human Rights Campaign, to the
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