The Uniting American Families Act will be reintroduced to the House next Friday by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). The act would allow the same-sex partners of legal U.S. residents to enjoy the same immigration rights as heterosexual couples. The unfair current law has stranded thousands of gay couples overseas or forced them to separate to their native countries. Please use this contact form created by Immigration Equality to contact your member of Congress and urge them to cosponsor the act with Rep. Nadler..Disclosure: MadProfessah is a board member of Immigration Equality and was one of the people who came up with the name "Immigration Equality" nearly 15 years ago in 1994 when I was the head of the Los Angeles chapter of the awkwardly-named national organization Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force.
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Friday, February 06, 2009
Uniting All Families Act Introduced Next Week
Joe.My.God has pointed out that Immigration Equality's signature legislation which would bestow immigration sponsorship rights to lesbian and gay people in binational relationshipswill be introduced in Congress next Friday, the day before Valentine's Day:
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Uniting All Families Act
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