Comments on: UAFA, ENDA introduction set for Thursday

By: Leonine

Leonine — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:58:24 +0000

My comments couldn’t be any more on target than the comments posted by FAEN. I also wish that my partner and I could move to Canada to be together. As it is I have been preparing to give up my job and relocate to Ukraine so that my partner and I can be together.

By: FAEN

FAEN — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:58:53 +0000

Count yourself lucky-I wish my partner and I could have moved to Canada.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:49:09 +0000

I get more and more sick everytime I think about this. My partner is Canadian and I had to move to Canada in order for us to be together. We both want nothing more than to live and work in the US but the country I grew up and was born in – will not allow me to do this. Makes me sick. I had a great paying job and saw my family every day. Now I’m 12 hours from them and can barely get the time to see them on holidays. Who will the UAFA hurt? And if you are against gay marriage – fine – be against it but this is not about gay marriage. This act is about bringing families together that deserve to be together. And it’s about equal immigration rights for all American born citizens to let them live with the person they love in their own country.

By: FAEN

FAEN — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:58:20 +0000

This should have been passed in 2009/2010. No way this important life saving measure passes the teabagger House.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:34:32 +0000

Why don’t all the gay bi-nationals in this country just refuse to leave the country?They can’t deport ALL the gay couples now can they? I don’t know who to trust anymore, I guess all we have to trust is ourselves.

By: FAEN

FAEN — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:21:22 +0000

At this point I want to punch a f*cking wall! When the Dems had the House and the Senate ENDA was nowhere to be found. We were promised time and time again the it would be introduced but I guess that was just a lie.

As far as the UAFA goes-I had high hopes in 2009-10 with the Dems in charge of the House, the Senate and the White House, they would be able to push it through. It’s now 2011 and my partner and I are STILL waiting. And we’ll have no choice but to continue to wait. No way it passes with the teabaggers in the House. A lot of GLBT activists warned of this. They knew we only had a certain amount of time to push through some important legislation. But the Dems and the President knows we have no choice but to vote for them so were as important as a piece of gum at the bottom of someone’s shoe. That is until the election of course. Then they’ll be all the speeches about equality and how the gay community has a ‘fierce advocate’ in the White House. Really? Where?

How many years must binationals be in such limbo? How long will our families be separated, pushed into exile? I am sick to death of the speeches, sick of how spineless the Dems are and sick of how the GOTP have increased their hatred of GLBT tax paying Americans. For f*ck sake Dems, take some action. This is NOT the wedge issue it used to be. Equality is a winning issue. Stop acting like wimps already!

By: Brian McComas

Brian McComas — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:44:38 +0000

Please everyone stop the hate. Homosexuals are not against God. Read this article! http://notzrimkabbalah.com/HomosexualityandGod.html

The word “Marriage” means two forces joined together in spirit with Blessings from God. The State has no rights to this, yet the State marries people. Marriage has NEVER meant a man and woman in an oath of love for life. Ignorant people who do not study the Torah and Bible have proclaimed what Marriage means….from this we have UNJUST laws!

Rabbi’s and Preachers, Priests, and Professors support the Gay and Lesbian Marriages. I am a straight man, and I will support Justice and fight Injustice. Read that article if you believe the Bible says homosexuality is evil. Read that article.

By: Sloan

Sloan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:03:23 +0000

I am disheartened that even our leaders just take it as a forgone conclusion that it would be impossible to pass ENDA in this session of Congress. There is a chance of passage IF supporters believe it is possible, knowing the broad support that exists for ENDA among everyday Republicans, Democrats and Independents, and people of all faiths. But if we don’t act on that belief that it’s possible, if we throw up our hands and resign ourselves to failure, then we create a self-fulfilling prophecy. But know in our hearts the rightness of the cause of equality — and that even people who are not yet on board can get on board if we invite them persistently enough — and we may even be able to create some surprising success, even in this session of Congress.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:07:34 +0000

I am don’t expect either act to pass the 112th session, but we can get some idea of just how much work we have left ahead of us to become first class citizens.

By: roy b

roy b — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:43:29 +0000

it’s about time the UAFA is finally passed