Californias Passage of Proposition 8 Setback for Same-Sex Binational Couples
Summary
> Same-sex binational couples caught in cross-fire – need federal recognition of LGBT relationships or passage of Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) to end immigration discrimination that forces many into exile.Why then are gay and lesbian Americans not allowed to sponsor their domestic partner for a green card?” “We see this bigotry in California as a call to bring the LGBT community together to work for legislation that will end discrimination, period.2221): http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR02221: The Uniting American Families Act (S.1328): http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN01328: Human Rights Watch Report: Family Unvalued: Discrimination, Denial, and the Fate of Binational Same-Sex Couples under US Law: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/us0506/ ### San Francisco, CA, November 08, 2008 --( PR.com )-- Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative to amend the state’s constitution and end same-sex marriage, has stopped California’s freedom to marry law that included all couples, gay or straight, by some 400,000 votes.> The California Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in California in May 2008; nearly 20,000 same-sex couples were legally married between June 17 and November 4.> Civil rights’ groups, cities and counties file lawsuits challenging amendment as unconstitutional.> Same-sex binational couples caught in cross-fire – need federal recognition of LGBT relationships or passage of Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) to end immigration discrimination that forces many into exile.> Yes on 8 campaign says the constitutional amendment “doesn’t discriminate or take rights away from anyone.Our coalition has no plans to seek any changes in that law.”> Out4Immigration calls for the Yes on 8 campaign to explain how gays and lesbians in domestic partnerships are not discriminated against when they cannot obtain the same federal rights as married couples – including immigration rights.SynopsisCalifornians passed Proposition 8 by some 400,000 votes.Why then are gay and lesbian Americans not allowed to sponsor their domestic partner for a green card?”“We see this bigotry in California as a call to bring the LGBT community together to work for legislation that will end discrimination, period.