Cross-post: Going to the Chapel Gay Marriage, Immigration
Faren D’Abell writes in Windy City Times about the ongoing struggle of LBGT people for equal marriages and the added complication of the flawed immigration system that doesn’t allow same-sex couples to sponsor one another for residency.
In Roman times, the story goes, when military enrollment was down, ‘Claudius the Cruel’ cancelled all weddings and engagements. The Christian priest Saint Valentine secretly married couples, and for this he was murdered.
This week, on Valentine’s Day, thousands of gay couples in committed relationships will again ask their local county clerks for marriage licenses. Groups like Lambda Legal, the National Organization for Women, and Human Rights Campaign have, for years, pushed the idea that equal rights for all includes the rights of GLBT people to marry. Read more
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