Guest GaySacGuy Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 The Uniting American Families Act would allow gay and lesbian Americans and permanent residents to sponsor their foreign-born partners for legal residency in the United States.Silver City Sun-News - Mar 20 8:38 PM Good News for Binational Same-Sex Couples Earlier this week, The Washington Post came out in support of the Uniting American Families Act, a piece of legislation that would “right a gross unfairness” in the Post ’s eyes by “[allowing] gay and lesbian Americans and permanent residents to sponsor their foreign-born partners for legal residency in the United States.” Sounds good to me! But, we have to pass the bill. If you are interested in helping to pass this legislation, go to : http://immigrationequality.org/template.php?pageid=49 S 424 in the Senate is sponsered by Sen Patrick Leahy from Vermont, but has 15 coisponsers: COSPONSORS(15), ALPHABETICAL Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 2/12/2009 Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 2/12/2009 Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 2/12/2009 Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 2/12/2009 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 2/12/2009 Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 2/12/2009 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 2/12/2009 Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 2/12/2009 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 2/12/2009 Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 2/12/2009 Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 2/12/2009 Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 2/27/2009 Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 2/12/2009 Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 2/12/2009 Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 2/12/2009 HR 1024 in the House is sponsered by Jerrold Nadle from NY but has 93 cosponsers: COSPONSORS(93), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/12/2009 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 2/12/2009 Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 3/12/2009 Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 2/12/2009 Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 2/12/2009 Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 2/12/2009 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 2/23/2009 Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 2/12/2009 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 2/12/2009 Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 2/12/2009 Rep Carson, Andre [iN-7] - 2/12/2009 Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 3/3/2009 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 2/26/2009 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 2/23/2009 Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 2/12/2009 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 3/3/2009 Rep Davis, Danny K. [iL-7] - 2/12/2009 Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 2/12/2009 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 2/12/2009 Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 2/12/2009 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 2/13/2009 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 2/12/2009 Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 2/12/2009 Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 2/12/2009 Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 2/12/2009 Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 2/12/2009 Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 2/12/2009 Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 2/12/2009 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [iL-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep Hare, Phil [iL-17] - 2/12/2009 Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 2/23/2009 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 2/23/2009 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 2/12/2009 Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 2/12/2009 Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 2/12/2009 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 2/12/2009 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 2/12/2009 Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 2/12/2009 Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 2/26/2009 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 2/12/2009 Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 2/12/2009 Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 2/12/2009 Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 2/12/2009 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 2/12/2009 Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 2/12/2009 Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 2/12/2009 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 2/12/2009 Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 3/19/2009 Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 2/12/2009 Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 2/12/2009 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 2/12/2009 Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 2/12/2009 Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 2/12/2009 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 2/12/2009 Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 3/12/2009 Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 2/12/2009 Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1] - 2/12/2009 Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] - 2/12/2009 Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 2/12/2009 Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 2/12/2009 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 2/12/2009 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [iL-9] - 2/12/2009 Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 2/12/2009 Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 3/19/2009 Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 2/12/2009 Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 2/12/2009 Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 3/19/2009 Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 2/12/2009 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 2/12/2009 Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 2/12/2009 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 2/12/2009 Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 2/12/2009 Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - 2/12/2009 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 2/12/2009 Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 2/12/2009 Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 2/12/2009 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 2/12/2009 Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 2/12/2009 Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 2/12/2009 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/12/2009 Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 2/12/2009 It seems that there is a good chance that this bill will pass..easily in the House...the Senate a little toughter...and the President will sign it...so Maybe???? We can hope...it would even the playing field a little!! Quote
KhorTose Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks gaysacguy for the info. Do you know if any of the sponsors are republican? I sure hope it does pass and will look for articles on it. Quote
Guest GaySacGuy Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks gaysacguy for the info. Do you know if any of the sponsors are republican? I sure hope it does pass and will look for articles on it. I don't know if any are republicans or not...not that it seems to matter. All the republicans what to do is OBSTRUCT. Doesn't matter the issue or the importance..the want to OBSTRUCT. Hope we can convince a couple in the Senate to be reasonable, and we can pass this bill. Quote
PattayaMale Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 I wonder how many of the forum readers have taken the 2 minutes it takes to sign the petition and let others know about this. Too many of us have been or will be denied the opportunity to show our Thai partner our home country (if a US citizen). Yet it seems that possibly we have decided that our voice is not worth much....other than to complain to our gay friends here in Thailand. We have been disappointed before so it is better not to get our hopes up. But look at the power we really do have, especially now, while we have a President that will sign the bill into law when passed. If we sign the petition and get 5 friends (gay, straight, or bi) to sign and they each get 3 or 4 to sign we can turn 5 minutes of our time into a pretty large force. Please sign the petition. Then just copy the link and send an email asking others to do the same. You don't have to use the sites form letter. Use your own email program. I di dthid and honestly 5 minutes and I sent the link with my personal appeal to 30 people I know in several different states. Thanks Quote
Guest kjun12 Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 GaySacGuy, Thank you very much for this post. I have contacted them, made a donation and volunteered to assist. Quote
Guest GaySacGuy Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 GaySacGuy, Thank you very much for this post. I have contacted them, made a donation and volunteered to assist. Thank You for the helping. If all of us would participate we could improve our chances that this might pass!!! Quote
