Us Immigration woes

Another year is about to come and go and because of my backward government I still can’t get my partner (married in Canada) into the United States. What a crime, it’s too bad that the civil right crimes against gay people will never be brought to a court in this country. The crimes are Defensive marriage act, the Uniting American family’s act, and all civil rights that belong to the gay population rights that shouldn’t have to be fought for but given freely being an American citizen. It’s either like being back in the 1950’s or early 60’s or maybe more like the old Soviet Union. The only thing is we can talk out about our government but they don’t care and don’t listen to her people only the church and the hating right wing.
We have to thank people in our government like Nancy Pelosi, Luis Gutierrez, and congressman and senators like Peter king. Peter King who believes totally in the Bush doctrine, who could care less that people are really hurting, but why should he care, right. You call Peter kings office and ask about DOMA and UAFA and they can’t answer you and they don’t return your faxes or phone calls, nothing! Nancy Pelosi who knows that the UAFA is sitting in committee but will not bring it out, knowing that it could take away so much pain and suffering for so many people. I heard that she feels that there isn’t enough support with enough senators for the bill, but without trying how does she really know, right? Luis Gutierrez who knows about the UAFA but left us out of his bill, we all know why he didn’t want to hear from the extreme right wing. People say that he stands for gay rights but when you leave an important gay issue out of a major peace of law how much could he stand for gay rights and ending so much suffering. He’s basically willing to give citizenship to illegal’s in this country but nothing for gay peoples fight to bring their loved ones into this country.
This is what we have to battle in the year 2010, it’s going to be a long hard battler and it’s all up hill. Find a grass roots group to join like out4immirgation on yahoo, or join the impact, give your money to the little groups who really need your support, before you give money to the HRC and Immigration Equ. Ask what have they really done last year and what are they promising to do in the year 2010? Think long and hard and give to the grass roots groups before the larger ones because the grass roots groups are people like you and me suffering throw this, but the larger ones are mainly looking out for their pay checks. A point in case the HRC and Immigration EQU. Is closed for the holidays how do you close down for over a week if you are really fighting for civil rights?
I don’t care if a senator or congressman support one bill and not another one, you are either with us totally or you are against us, remember that we can’t afford to cut anyone any slack in this battle for our rights as Americans!
Things for you to do is write everyone you can think of, call everyone you can think of. No matter how crazy it might seem to you write them. Call or write your local news paper and TV station go visit your congressman and senator. This war must be won and won soon it’s up to us!
5 years ago I made a promise to at that time my love now my husband that I would get him back into this country I have never lied to him or miss lead him. This is the year that we can win if we dig our heals in and fight like this is it. 9th inning 2 strikes batter is up. We can do it!

A foot note here
that the Executive Director of Immigration Equ. says there where open all week long, but when I called I was told everyone was out till after the holidays

Roy –
I just got your phone message, which ended up in the wrong mailbox. I hope you’ll correct the misinformation on your blog, as Immigration Equality has been open all week. I’m sorry I can’t talk today, but our communications director, Steve Ralls, could talk with you next week.
All the best,
Rachel

Latin America sees its first same-sex marriage

CNN world
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) — Less than one month after a Buenos Aires court derailed the marriage of Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello, the couple wed Monday at the southern tip of Argentina, making it the first same-sex marriage in Latin America.

“As a couple, we dreamed of marrying for a long time,” Freyre told the state-run Telam news agency.

Their marriage was hailed as a victory by gay rights groups in Argentina, though it was unknown whether the legality of their marriage would face any challenges.

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Latin America sees its first same-sex marriage

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator Charles Schumer
Congressman Steve Israel
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez
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Posted on; http://www.usimmigrationwoes.com/
Sir:
I would like to know how this country can let a terrorist into this country and my government can help a 9 year old boy into this country but when I ask for help to get my life partner(married in Canada) into this country I can’t even get an answer from my elected government offices?
There is something very wrong with this. Is it because every single newspaper and TV station got into it about the 9 year old that the state department, a congressman, Hilary Clinton, an Ambassador but when I want to sponsor my married partner into this country no help at all. Do I have to get newspapers and TV station involved in my story? There is something very wrong with this picture, when a US citizen has to get married in another country and my own country will not even let me sponsor him.
An embassy gives a visa to a known terrorist and I can’t get my life partner into this country? What’s wrong with this picture? I can tell you why, the plan fact is that they do not do there jobs. You are given less than 4 minutes to proof that you should get a visa, but if the interviewer has to do something like call a police department or has to make a phone call they don’t it’s either yes or no in less than 4 minutes. Anyone that has gone throw it knows that what I’m saying is true. If you stumble on an answer it’s an automatic no visa. Plus with me it’s a gay issue and immigration issues something that my government is afraid to deal with. As far as I can see most of the elected offices in my country are bigots or afraid of the church or Republican Party.
I’ve asked my congressman and senator for help Peter king doesn’t answers you and my senator says no special bills. Neither would even help to get him a vacation visa to come visit me here, or see our dog and drive his car, yes he has a car in his name and on the auto insurance policy. I hate to us a saying but it’s true, I do pay taxes and when my life partner was doing an internship here he was paying federal taxes. Why does my life have to have the church sayings and the Republican Party’s hatred toward gay people tell me who I should marry and why do they stand in my way with living with the person I want to live with? What happen to the separation of state and church and all men are created equal?
I asking for help to bring my life partner into this country and yes we are legal married in Canada and about 19 other countries in the free world. In the past I asked for an answer and never got one now as a US taxpaying citizen I’m demanding an answer from my government.
I’m also going to ask the Canadian government for a temporary work permit for my life partner (married in Canada) and myself till there is a way to sponsor my partner into the United States. By the way my life partner had to finish his college up in Canada because of a lying American embassy in Asia and an embassy that wouldn’t do their job!
Thank you
Roy B
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Write Luis Gutierrez at once
This is the guy who wrote up the first draft of the Immigration reform act and he left gay and lesbian people out! Even on his own web site under Immigration there is nothing listing gay people in it. Once again the democrats are afraid to stand up to the crazy right wing, the church, and the bigots in this country! They seem to have forgot who got them in office in the first place.
Write him and tell him to add us the Immigration reform act!
By the way you will have to fax him or call him he doesn’t take e-mail out of Ill. What a chicken shit he is!
Washington 2266 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-8203
(202) 225-7810 Fax
his website is

http://luisgutierrez.house.gov/

Gays and Lesbians in the Cold on Immigration Reform Bill

from: www.towleroad.com
The “comprehensive” immigration reform bill introduced this month does not include gays and lesbians.
“The lawmaker said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who has led the House effort on comprehensive immigration reform, initially ‘didn’t want to deal with it. At all.’ Then he tried to work out a ‘stupid’ compromise whereby the same-sex partner provisions would be in the bill but they wouldn’t take effect for five or six years, said this Member. ..Gutierrez denied that he wanted to keep gay and lesbian language out of his bill. ‘That’s just not true,’ he said, pointing to his long-standing record of supporting the gay community. The real issue, he said, is that same-sex partner matters have not come up in past immigration reform debates and people are still figuring out how to bring the two camps together. ‘There has never been a serious, in-depth discussion between the gay and lesbian community and the immigrant community. It’s never existed,’ Gutierrez said. ‘It’s a new conversation, but not one that I’m fearful of. I welcome it. But you can’t expect after nearly two decades of struggle for a new component’ to be quickly embraced.”

Gays and Lesbians in the Cold on Immigration Reform Bill

The church does it again!

News letter from the hrc

Great news today: marriage equality has just passed in Washington, D.C.!
It’s a huge victory, and you should be proud – your support allowed us to invest tremendous staff time and resources into this fight. We did it, and I can’t thank you enough.
But before we celebrate, I need your help. You may have heard that in a blatantly political move to prevent this vote the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington last month threatened to cut their social service programs if the bill passed.
I’m not making this up. They’d cut homeless shelters, food programs for needy families, and health services rather than provide equal benefits for employees in same-sex marriages. And now that the bill has passed, we need to make sure they don’t follow through on their threat.
Tell Archbishop Wuerl not to play politics with the less fortunate – ask him to continue Catholic Charities’ city-supported social services.
The Archbishop issued a very public threat last month designed to scare city officials into backing off their commitment to marriage equality.
Thankfully, heroic D.C. Council members in Washington didn’t cave under pressure. They spoke numerous times with church officials in an effort to reach common ground, while moving forward with the legislation. But unfortunately, Archbishop Wuerl has refused to alter his official position.
The D.C. Council has stood up for fairness and equality. Now they need our help to make sure the neediest citizens of the city aren’t forced to pay an unfair and cruel price.
Please ask the Archbishop not to use marriage equality as an excuse to hurt thousands of homeless and needy people in Washington, D.C.
Today’s victory means a great deal, coming after marriage equality losses in New York and Maine. The bill now goes to the Mayor Adrian Fenty, who has promised to sign it. The U.S. Congress then has 30 days to review the legislation. After that window passes, the bill becomes law!
We will keep you updated as the bill progresses – and we will have to be vigilant even after the bill becomes law because the U.S. Congress can choose to intervene and overturn the law at any time – a loophole the radical right is bound to try to exploit.
For now, I thank you for standing strong – not only for marriage equality, but for all the citizens of Washington, D.C. during the holiday season.
Joe Solmonese
President

Tell Archbishop Wuerl not to play politics with the less fortunate – ask him to continue Catholic Charities’ city-supported social services.

It’s too bad that in a state like New York gay marriage was shoot down. In all the states in this once great country that claims equal rights for all gay people in New York State tock a giant step backwards. In the year 2009 not to give a group of people equal right is very sad and also un-American. Everyone in the state of New York knows that gay rights are nothing more than a political football to get more power in Albany. It’s so sad that people that we put in power to lead act like little children, and listen to the church. Once again you have to ask what happened to separation of state and church. It’s also very sad that the Republican Party still follows Bush’s policies, but also his hatred to gay people in this country.
I have been following gay marriage on the Federal level for years now and it always turns out that it’s the Republican Party that preaches hate toward a group of people because they have nothing to offer so they get the right wing up in arms with nothing more than lies and misleading statements. It’s very sad that the Republican Party and leaders like John McCain can preach hate, and denies civil rights to tax payers. It’s also sad that leaders like Peter Kind and State Senator Owen H. Johnson follow the Christian ring wing. Senator H. Owner and Peter King should know how many gay people are in his district but so many leaders or so called leaders just follow like sheep the Bush polices of hate and lies.
Because of the leadership of the Republican party I have told my husband that our two year plan is for me to move up to Canada full time. As an adult I see what’s going on with my civil rights and that is to marry who I want without the church standing in my way, it’s a sham that the leadership of this once great country and state that preach equal rights has forgotten separation of state and church.