Former San Angelo mayor Joseph W. Lown
By Matt Phinney (Contact)
Originally published 03:17 p.m., June 4, 2009
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Former San Angelo mayor Joseph W. Lown said this week he supports the Uniting American Families Act that would allow American citizens and legal immigrants to seek residency in the United States for their same-sex partners, just as spouses now petition for foreign-born husbands and wives.
Speaking from Mexico, Lown said the act, which is sponsored in the senate by Patrick J. Leahy, is a fair proposal that could keep others from making the decision he made — leaving the country