Noncitizens sue federal government over gay marriage ban
Apr 9th 2012, 7:19 pm
#31
He/him
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: WA
Posts: 18,837
Re: Noncitizens sue federal government over gay marriage ban
Maybe you are out of touch too. Jesus, without whom there would be no Christianity said nothing, in the words attributed to him, concerning homosexuality.
Apr 9th 2012, 10:21 pm
#32
Democracy advocate
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 12,460
Re: Noncitizens sue federal government over gay marriage ban
I think you are some what out of touch with Christian teaching. How can you marry a same sex partner in the eyes of God when the Bible is specifically against homosexuality?
I agree that it should be up to the church in question to choose, but the UK is a monster nanny state where Government officials and politicians know best. Heaven forbid someone thinks for themselves.
I agree that it should be up to the church in question to choose, but the UK is a monster nanny state where Government officials and politicians know best. Heaven forbid someone thinks for themselves.
Apr 9th 2012, 11:53 pm
#33
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: San Francisco
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Re: Noncitizens sue federal government over gay marriage ban
Seems crazy that an American can 'marry' a foreigner in some US states, but that that foreigner can't be sponsored for a spouse visa because of gender. Would you want a child of yours to marry a foreigner, then have to leave the country because the spouse couldn't live in the US?
Last edited by Giantaxe; Apr 9th 2012 at 11:57 pm.
Apr 11th 2012, 1:47 am
#34
Under blue skies
Joined: Mar 2011
Location: East Anglia->New England
Posts: 3,624
Re: Noncitizens sue federal government over gay marriage ban
It's a mess. Married gay couples can file state taxes as married (assuming they live in the state they got married in or another state that recognizes gay marriage) but can't if they have moved to a state that doesn't recognize gay marriage. Not sure what happens if they want to get divorced after such a move! And, of course, they can't file federal taxes as married, nor derive any other benefit of marriage that comes from federal law, including, of course, immigration law.
Americans should be ashamed, but of course they're not . . . .
