The fight for marriage intensifies in New York with the long-awaited marriage bill finally introduced. But do LGBT groups have the support needed to pass it?
In this week’s Marriage News Watch, Cathy Marino-Thomas will fill us in on their latest lobbying progress. New York’s pro-marriage Republicans could tip the scale in our favor, but in other states Republicans are working to ban marriage, and to penalize employers who provide health care to same-sex spouses.
Binational LGBT couples are in a legal limbo right now, with a judge delaying Henry Velandia’s deportation proceedings for another seven months. Lavi Solloway was there in court, and will tell us what happened. Watch:
Transcript to this episode is here.
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this is why things need to be done on a federal level..these southern states will always be horrible about change. We need to have unity in the united states on everybodies marriage.
Not while Obama is in office. Whether or not you’re a human being worthy of dignity and respect is a state issue, remember?
^Yo without him that DADT policy wouldn’t have been repealed. If he can do that, I’m sure he can deal with this issue.
Im half of a binational couple. It sucks. There is literally nothing we can do while DOMA exists.