A report issued in 2006 by two nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch and Immigration Equality, describes the written response made in 1975 by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to an American citizen's petition to sponsor a foreign same-sex partner for legal residency in the United States. The INS denied the petition for the following reason: "You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots." Except perhaps in the explicitness of language, federal policy toward same-sex binational couples has changed little since then. On June 3 of this year, Congress held its first-ever hearing on the plight of such couples and brought attention to the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), sponsored in the Senate by Patrick Leahy and in the House by Jerrold Nadler (and subsequently folded into a larger immigration reform bill). Introd
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A Gross Unfairness (I Said I Do Today)
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Fight4theRight 1029 days ago
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Gay marriage legal from today in Hungary but gap in rights persists
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SFbeat 1052 days ago
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Homosexual couples can forge life partnerships before public notaries from Wednesday.These life partnerships will be guaranteed the same tax, employment, social and immigration benefits as heterosexual marriages. Gay couples will be barred from adopting children and taking their spouse's name, however.
Constitutional Court spokesman András Sereg told Magyar Hírlap that the Act, which was passed in March, can only now be challenged at the Constitutional Court.
Constitutional Court spokesman András Sereg told Magyar Hírlap that the Act, which was passed in March, can only now be challenged at the Constitutional Court.
The Gay Guide to Obamas remarks today (The Huffington Post)
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MikeLA 1072 days ago
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Late yesterday, in the White House's daily guidance email to the press corps, one of the items caught people off guard:
In the evening, the President will deliver brief remarks and sign a Presidential Memorandum regarding federal benefits and non-discrimination in the Oval Office. This event is pooled press.
The networks scrambled to make sense of it and the print media posted conflicting reports of what it meant. What's the difference between an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum? Will the extension of benefits include health care and retirement? Will the transgender community receive employment protections in the Federal Workforce? Does Obama plan to announce his plan to honor his promises to the LGBT community?
These are all great questions. Some of them have already been answered through the night...
In the evening, the President will deliver brief remarks and sign a Presidential Memorandum regarding federal benefits and non-discrimination in the Oval Office. This event is pooled press.
The networks scrambled to make sense of it and the print media posted conflicting reports of what it meant. What's the difference between an Executive Order and a Presidential Memorandum? Will the extension of benefits include health care and retirement? Will the transgender community receive employment protections in the Federal Workforce? Does Obama plan to announce his plan to honor his promises to the LGBT community?
These are all great questions. Some of them have already been answered through the night...
Take Action for UAFA Today!
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Fight4theRight 1088 days ago
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We need your help to make sure that the historic Senate Judiciary hearing on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) has the absolute best outcome possible. It is a very busy day in the Senate on Wednesday, June 3, and many Senators ...
Today in Gay Mayors
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ATLdave 1099 days ago
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J.W. Lown, the mayor of San Angelo, Texas, has a gay lover living in Mexico who isn't a U.S. citizen. So he handed in his resignation just before he was supposed to be sworn in for his fourth term:
Lown said he did not want to take the oath of office knowing he was “aiding and assisting” someone who was not a citizen.
Lown said the man came to the United States five years ago. He attended Angelo State University. Lown said the relationship started after March. Lown and the man are in Mexico awaiting a visa to come back legally.
“I did the best I could,” Lown said. “I had to get down here and get everything in order to make a life for myself.”
If Lown's lover were a woman, she could just get married and move to Texas, right? But no such equality for his male lover—even the male lover of an upstanding mayor. Seems like a case for Immigration E
Lown said he did not want to take the oath of office knowing he was “aiding and assisting” someone who was not a citizen.
Lown said the man came to the United States five years ago. He attended Angelo State University. Lown said the relationship started after March. Lown and the man are in Mexico awaiting a visa to come back legally.
“I did the best I could,” Lown said. “I had to get down here and get everything in order to make a life for myself.”
If Lown's lover were a woman, she could just get married and move to Texas, right? But no such equality for his male lover—even the male lover of an upstanding mayor. Seems like a case for Immigration E
Lesbian Mom to be Deported Today
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ATLdave 1147 days ago
(http://www.bestgayblogs.com)
Immigration Equality is calling on legislators to act on behalf of a Northern California family that may soon be torn apart because the parents are
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Promoting public awareness of the need for fairness in immigration policy particularly as it relates to the rights of same-sex bi-national couples in the United States who seek equal immigration rights; Providing information regarding political issues relating to gay immigration equality issues, rights and policy.