Comments on: Senate to convene first-ever hearing on gay immigration equality

By: Ed Weeks

Ed Weeks — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:56:10 +0000

I am close to tears of joy over this news! Over the last five years I’ve given up everything and gone deep into debt trying to be with my partner in Peru. I spend a year living in that horribly depressing country and came back only to finish my Master’s degree and study French as part of my effort to emigrate to Canada, where we could be legally married. But given my depleted finances that effort seems almost out of reach. Thank God for Obama!

By: jonboy

jonboy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:01:12 +0000

Mr. Coffee, thanks for the contact information on Sen. Leahy. I sent a fax to him and will follow this up with a hard-cover letter. I also am going to write my senators and rep. on this, though obviously it is early and they perhaps will forget it by then.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:21:01 +0000

this is all wonderful and i feel badly for those of you separated because of the United States being backwards but, what good will it do to have them here if you cant take care of them once they are with you because of….. you guess it the United States being backwards

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:51:28 +0000

I feel that the UAFA is going to hinder Marriage Equality, which is the real issue at hand. If Marriage Equality were given nation-wide these immigration issues would not exist.
It’s also unfair to not offer the same immigration opportunities to opposite-sex couples who chose not to marry.

By: charley

charley — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:57:30 +0000

Obama supports. Will he push for passage?

By: InExile

InExile — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:08:56 +0000

DOMA has nothing to do with this bill, this bill just adds the words “or permanent partner” to current immigration law allowing same sex bi-national couples to sponsor their partners for immigration.

By: jonboy

jonboy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:00:45 +0000

I certainly agree with those who wrote here. I also live out of country, in Thailand during the winter. I don’t know if my boyfriend would want to live in the USA, but he certainly would like to visit. As I understand it, it is damn hard to even get a visa to enter the country without documentation of wealth and certain reason to return to their country. When I was 25 I was able to travel throughout Europe with a backpack and did not have a problem. The USA makes it so difficult to enter the country. I can’t even find the list of steps one must take to get a visa through their website, unless I want to pay for a packet. Thailand has all steps and copies of documents online. Why can’t we do this?

By: JC

JC — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:26:35 +0000

My partner and I we are praying for this so long…

By: Mr. Coffee

Mr. Coffee — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:13:37 +0000

Corrected Fax for Senator Patrick Leahy.

Don’t just leave your comments here. Fax him your Story!
1-202-224-3479

By: Darlene Miller

Darlene Miller — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:03:37 +0000

As a mother of a gay son who has the most
wonderful partner/husband in California,I
would love to see this hearing on “gay
immigration equality” take hold. My son-in-law (loosly put) is from Columbia and
our son would also have to leave us, their new home, his job if he was not able to stay in this country. I am so thankful that maybe all of our fears can
be put to rest.