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"I need my President to take action. Your words are of tremendous inspiration, your decision not to defend DOMA in court is historical, but we need this administration’s direct intervention to prevent disaster from befalling our family. The President has that power. I know my President believes this is wrong. He must act now to stop DOMA from destroying our families by directing the Immigration Service to stop denying our green card petitions." 
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Tell your story with a photo or video. These wonderful images of same-sex binational couples telling their stories will be sent to President Obama, DHS and Congress on a regular basis to remind them that DOMA is unconstitutional and green card applications need to be held in abeyance. Our families need to be kept together, not torn aaprt.
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An update from columnist Andrew Sullivan, and a new idea on asking for help from all the US-UK binationals living in the UK.
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This CNN story and video were published nearly 3 years ago. Couples are still being forced to choose between their partner and their country, still being forced into exile and still uncertain of their future.
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The Advocate has learned of a high-level meeting with LGBT groups where the Obama Administration rejected a blanket hold on deciding gay couples' green card petitions.
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February 23, 2012 4:23 PM
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What happens when same-sex binational relationships go bad, and there is no protection for the immigrant? This story involves a closeted gay Republican candidate for Congress and his Mexican boyfriend, in a state with draconian immigration laws. Its complex dynamic only underscores the need for full federal eqaulity and acceptance that would ultimately make the candidate's behavior unacceptable across the board.
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A lesbian couple in Vermont has been thrust into the national spotlight. They are legally married in Vermont, but because the federal government does not recognize this, they could be torn apart.
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Join Out4Immigration's visual protest to end discrimination against same-sex binational couples.
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If they were straight, they could be married. But DOMA is keeping them apart. Find out more and sign their petition to asking President Obama for help.
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Join Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) for Valentine's Day actions around the country. Same-sex binational couples need to make it known that nothing but full federal equality will end the immigration discrimination we face in trying to keep our families together.
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Good news for two out of 36,000.... The Defense of Marriage Act is intact, but at least two same-sex married couples have been granted a reprieve, at least temporarily, from policies that could separate them based on immigration status.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed the August 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker that California's 2008 amendment banning same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional, deciding the case on narrow grounds relating to the facts of the amendment's impact, which the court notes was to "eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California."
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The filmmaker is seeking photos of same-sex binational couples to show at the end of this short, fictional film.
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Powerful preview of David W. Ross's upcoming feature film about same-sex binational couples. The film will be released later this year. David is also the photographer behind the United by Love, Divided by Law portrait project.
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Join in asking President Obama to hold -- not deny -- green cards for LGBT families. Tell him to keep our families ... together.
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Great headline, and great news! But when will an emergency fix come for same-sex binationals, who cannot wait for DOMA to be repealed?
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When Bill Clinton won the White House in 1992, his campaign staff reminded him daily that it was the economy that needed to be fixed with a sign that said, "It's the economy, stupid." Obama's team can do the same by reminding him that the large Latino bloc would vote for him en masse if he addresses the immigration issue by supporting comprehensive immigration reform and the Dream Act.
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Another ruling that adds to the momentum of dismantling DOMA. A federal judge said that the Defense of Marriage Act violated a clause in the Constitution by denying health benefits to a woman’s spouse.
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February 23, 2012 12:14 PM
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Legally married persons traditionally have been able to sponsor their spouses for permanent residency - but DOMA blocks legally married same-sex couples from federal immigration rights. Please sign and share.
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Mike Roach is a UK citizen who wants to be with his US boyfriend. This week he has launched a petition and now this video. All same-sex binational couples need to do everything we can to make our voices heard. Have you told your story lately?
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Judy is an American citizen who should be able to sponsor her partner for a green card. They are legally married, yet, in the eyes of the federal government, they are "legal strangers." This week, they take the bold step of challenging the US government and applying for a green card based on their marriage.
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Interesting commentary re: same-sex binationals: "The next front is to equalise treatment for bi-national gay couples, for whom discrimination in immigration laws can be a real drag on a career. Banks have to come up with creative ways to advance gay and lesbian employees who may not be able to take a promotion abroad (or into the US) because their partner could not get the visa that would be available to a married person."
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Proposition 8 going away, which I am sure it will, still doesn’t help people like us – LGBT binational couples. I wish it was that simple, but marrying in California is not what we need. The U.S. government sees us – my wife Karin and I – as legal strangers. Doesn’t matter that we are married, or if we were to be able to marry in California in the future.
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Washington state is poised to become the 7th US state to legalize gay marriage after a bill passes the House this week, 55 votes to 43. Governor Chris Gregoire is set to sign the bill into law next week.
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Last week, when asked in a debate what America should do about undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., Mitt Romney said he favored “self-deportation.” Read a first-hand account of how this type of talk and some recent state actions are already affecting the 11 million undocumented among us.
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