Reply #41: Hopefully this story is not over yet [View All]

[zulchzulu]

I looked around and found some additional information:

According to federal immigration law, immigrants also can apply for residency if they marry U.S. citizens. But the federal government does not recognize gay marriages under the Defense of Marriage Act, and Oliveira's request to remain in the United States based on his relationship with Coco was denied this year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33484851/ns/us_news-life/

This case is tragic and Holder needs to be held accountable for dropping the ball on this. Obama has recently said he is working toward signing bills by Congress repealing DOMA and DADT.

Of course, that is even more complicated when you read:

Frank and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco prefer a more incremental approach that they believe has a better chance of enactment, including a hate crimes bill that passed the House in April and a bill to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/16/MN6M19NHTS.DTL

Hats off to Senator Kerry for trying to fix the situation...