Thomas Roberts of MSNBC interviewed Rep Jerry Nadler about the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) and Rep Nadler responded to some of the arguments opponents made with regards to supporting the bill.
We want to thank Rep Nadler for continuing to fight for our rights to sponsor our spouse / partner for a green card - something that heterosexual couples already enjoy. Don't hesitate to give his office a call to say thank you, too.
And if you have not yet signed our petitions on change.org, please head on over to http://change.org/out4immigration and sign them today!
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts continues his coverage of the need for immigration legislation and the Uniting American Families Act with an interview with Salon's Glenn Greenwald, who was forced to go live in Brazil because he can't live in the U.S. with his partner.
Judy Rickard and Karin Bogliolo were interviewed by Thomas Robert at MSNBC this morning to talk about the reintroduction of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) last week.
During the interview, the couple disclosed that they have recently traveled to Vermont to get married! We just want to say thank you to this fearless couple, who are always willing to speak out at any opportunity about the struggles faced by same-sex binational couples trying to stay together in this country! You can watch the video of their interview below.
We would also urge you to head on to change.org after you have finished watching the interview to join our weekly petition to try to get more support for EQUAL immigration rights for same sex binational couples. The link to the petition is here: http://tinyurl.change.org/KmsTQ
This MSNBC clip has an added bonus about 5 minutes into its excellent analysis of President Obama's decision that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Penn State Professor of Law Tobias Wolff, LGBT policy chair for the Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign, says that while this move on DOMA is great news, we still have work to do, namely, "Same-sex couples are still treated unequally under federal immigration law."
We are a volunteer grassroots organization that addresses the widespread discriminatory impact of U.S. immigration laws on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and HIV+ people and their families through education, outreach, advocacy and the maintenance of a resource and support network.
NO U.S. citizen should be forced to choose between country and partner!