See: Outing the Gay Agenda
Reason Number One Why No One Reads the Boston Globe Anymore
And now this?
"Same-sex couples push for immigration benefit" by Kevin Freking, Associated Press | July 19, 2009
WASHINGTON - Judy Rickard took an early retirement and a reduced pension so she could be assured of more time with her partner, a British citizen whose stays in the United States are limited to six months.
Rickard, 61, would have preferred to keep working at San Jose State University and sponsor her partner, Karin Bogliolo, for residency in the United States, just as heterosexual couples can. But US law does not allow for that.
“If you’re going to have a system that’s designed to keep families together, it should focus on keeping families together,’’ Rickard said.
That could soon change, as more than 100 lawmakers in the House and about 20 in the Senate have signed on to bills that would add the United States to the 19 countries that recognize same-sex couples for immigration purposes. Gay rights groups are encouraged....
“In many ways, the stars are aligning to move this forward as part of a comprehensive bill,’’ said Steve Ralls, communications director for the advocacy group Immigration Equality. “That’s an opportunity we didn’t have years ago.’’
Oh, so the swine in Congress are WORKING on a SECRET IMMIGRATION BILL, hanh?
The provisions concerning same-sex couples are part of legislation that would increase the number of visas provided to family members of people already in the United States legally. The longstanding fight over the country’s estimated 36,000 same-sex couples of two nationalities is a small part of the debate over changing immigration laws. But including same-sex couples could make it harder to pass legislation on immigration.
Longstanding fight? Where, when, and for whom?
Only one small sliver of society shoving this in out faces!
A key ally in past immigration fights, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said it would not support a measure that has a same-sex provision.
Well, no one is imperfect.
Other groups say that it is often difficult to verify the validity of same-sex relationships if one of the partners comes from a country that does not recognize or document same-sex unions.
We only have a handful of state that do, fer cryin' out loud!
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I've already raised the white flag anyway; we need the $$$.
