Just days before the Senate will vote on comprehensive immigration reform, the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act changes everything.The court decision requires the federal government to recognize marriages in states that allow the unions and that means also giving those couples the rights endowed to straight married couples.
One of those federal rights is the privilege to sponsor a spouse for a green card.For decades, straight couples were able to sponsor their spouse for a green card to keep them in the U.S., but gay couples were often torn apart because the law did not apply to them.
did the republicans see that one coming, or are they in their little room setting each others hair on fire?
"At long last, we can now tell our families that yes, they are eligible to apply for green cards," Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, said in a statement. "Many of our families have waited years, and in some cases decades, for the green card they need to keep their families together.Couples forced into exile will be coming home soon. Americans separated from their spouses are now able to prepare for their reunion. Today's ruling is literally a life-changing one for those who have suffered under DOMA and our discriminatory immigration laws.""The Court did what Congress would not, and recognized that all loving couples are the same under the Constitution," Tiven said.
how do the republicans view their precious constitution now or will they be trying to repeal that as well?
