Shortly after the Senate voted to debate the immigration reform bill written by the so-called Gang Of Eight, late this afternoon Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) again introduced an amendment that would allow LGBT citizens to sponsors their spouses for permanent residency. Politico reports: “Seeking equal protection under our laws for the LGBT community is the right thing to do,” Leahy …
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New From The DOMA Project
DOMA Introduced 17 Years Ago Today
DOMA Project founder Lavi Soloway tells me via email: “We used 53 days as our countdown because that is the maximum number of days left in the Court’s term. The decision can come sooner.”
Read More »Immigration Equality Activist & Lawyer Lavi Soloway Talks DOMA On MSNBC
Visit Soloway’s The DOMA Project for more information. RELATED: I finally met Soloway in person this weekend in Philly at #LGBTmedia13, where I learned that I’d been mispronouncing his first name for years. Lay-vee, not Lah-vee. Dammit.
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