Comments on: LGBT immigration group takes part in White House meeting

By: Robben Wainer

Robben Wainer — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:38:56 +0000

I feel the global community can teach us that gay marriages are a personal matter. That they are completely legitimate in all assessments of family life and marriages. The gay community is international, I feel the LGBT community will be able to take pride one day in welcoming all forms of compliance with American Citizenry and be able to stand tall in the face of confrontation, and say that the family they raised was partial to homosexual activity, with a complete account of the socialization that was involved.

By: Melanie Nathan

Melanie Nathan — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:16:52 +0000

Quite a shame that the only LGBT group to be invited =is the group that messed up the strategy for LGBT binationals in the first place. Surele other LGBT groups should have been represented? That said Tiven must take the blame for veering the LGBT immigration equality off course back in 2009 when we had a huge opportunity to advocate during the lame duck Congress consisting of majority in House, Senate and Presidency for UAFA as a stand alone Bill. Bottom line to be in a position now where the bipartisan group of Senators has excluded binational same-sex couples in indicative that her strategy has turned us into the inevitable political pawns in this senseless game. Thank goodness for President Obama, hopefully he will stick by us and refuse to sign a bill that excludes us. Where are the rest of the LGBT groups on this issue – why were you not there? AH , yes of course – ownership by Immigration equality licensed to hijack the strategy..

By: Madison Reed

Madison Reed — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:08:13 +0000

As half of a bi-national couple myself, I hope people like Ms. Tiven understand and realize the nearly impossible predicament that many bi-national couples find themselves in, as they are not able to obtain legal marriage easily or at all. Plus, years of economic and financial hardship, and anxiety from forced separation caused by DOMA has wreaked havoc on us. We've lost good paying jobs, seen our businesses and careers go south because we had to give priority to our loved ones separated from us; we've developed health problems from stress, and so on. My guess is that most bi-national couples have not been able to marry, and most of them are not living together in the United States, because the United States imposes too many barriers to anyone who wished to visit.

The greatest possible gift could be that once things are set in motion, that our applications could be expedited and made easier for those couples known who have already been waiting in line for years. In fact we have not even been permitted to get into line!