Massachusetts Senator John Kerry says he supports a new lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Tim Coco and Genesio “Junior” Oliveira, a binational gay couple, announced Monday they would challenge the 13-year-old law that bans the federal government from recognizing the marriages of gay and lesbian couples.
Oliveira, 30, returned to his native Brazil in 2007 after an immigration judged denied his request for asylum. He sought asylum in the U.S. in 2002 because he said he was raped as a teenager. In March, Senator Kerry sent a letter asking for intervention in the matter to Attorney General Eric Holder. On Friday, Coco told the AP that the deadline for Holder to act had passed without action from the administration, effectively supporting Oliveira's denial of asylum and keeping the men apart.
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Senator Kerry Supports NEW DOMA Lawsuit
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John Kerry accepting his 2009 Safe Haven Award (VIDEO)
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Author: gcbstyle. Keywords: HIV John Kerry Kerry Safe Haven Awards Immigration Equality. Added: June 25, 2009...
Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man separated from spouse but (Bay Windows)
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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 ...
Kerry wants asylum for gay man married in MA
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BOSTON : Sen. John Kerry asked the Obama administration Thursday to let a gay Brazilian man married to an American businessman in Massachusetts return to the United States.
Kerry seeks asylum for gay man married in MA (The Associated Press)
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Kerry seeks asylum for gay man married in Mass.The Associated PressBOSTON (AP) — 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 US citizen in Massachusetts. Genesio "Junior" Oliveira has been separated from his husband, Tim Coco, ...
Sen Kerry Goes To Bat For Binational Gay Couple (San Francisco Bay Times)
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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. ...
John Kerry: No Time to Wait for Justice
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He was forced back to Brazil under orders from the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals, which had denied his application for asylum status. Junior had applied for asylum in 2002 based on a brutal rape and attack he suffered at the hands of .... He is not actually supporting full marriage equality. Unfortunately, this is just another scrap from the table that is the bundle of marriage rights in this country, and we are supposed to accept it gladly, and offer campaign ...
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.
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 gay man married in MA
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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.
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 ...
Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man separated from spouse, but ...Bay Windows, MAShe said Congress has almost unlimited discretion to set immigration policy, and immigration law is a complicated area of law that is outside GLAD’s realm of expertise."[Bi-national couples who have been separated] are definitely the most heartrending ...
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. ...
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