Married gay man faces deportation
Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 09:16 AM
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Henry Valendia legally married Josh Vandiver in Connecticut but they're still not receiving equal protection under the law.
The Defense of Marriage at (DOMA) prevents Vandiver from sponsoring his husband's U.S. residency (Valendia is a Venezuelan immigrant).
Valendia will go before an immigration judge next month and he's hoping his deportation will be delayed until the Supreme Court can rule on DOMA, which a lower court has called unconstitutional.
So will conservatives who constantly trumpet "state rights" suddenly embrace a federal solution if it comes wrapped in their on moral disapproval? Isn't that just blatant hypocrisy?
And isn't the mean spiritedness that honors one marriage and sunders the next one un-American? If marriage is a state, not a federal matter then shouldn't the feds have to recognize marriages legally performed in any state?
Should federal law trump state law?
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maloney | Oct 31, 2010, 09:11 AM EDT
Make up your mind cahir. You support federal law when it stops Ariz. from deporting illegals, but you want state law when it involves gay marriage. Which is it? Or do you think you deserve it both ways?
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plasticpaddy | Oct 29, 2010, 08:11 PM EDT
If only god can judge "gay's" then they are fine, a make believe silly concept can't do them any harm.
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elektros | Oct 27, 2010, 11:37 PM EDT
Federal law does trump state law under the supremacy clause of the constitution. OTOH, DOMA violates the equal protection clause of the same, but it won't go away unless and until the supreme court actual render a decision agreeing with the obvious, which can only happen if it's appealed all the way up the ladder and the supreme court voluntarily agree to take the case. Plus, as the conservatives on the supreme court outnumber the liberal judges 5-4, there is a possibility they will invent some reason not to take the case or not to void DOMA. I'm neither a lawyer nor gay, but I think that's a fair summation of the legal situation, whatever your PoV. DOMA prevents gays from achieving equal immigration rights. Why should gays be denied the right to be nagged by their spouse, anyway?
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Pittsburghkid | Oct 27, 2010, 06:34 PM EDT
If being on the side of God's Law is ignorant, then let me be ignorant.
We have the same problem in America. Homosexual wanting to adopt children.
Of course all Homosexual Problems are blame on the rest of society.
Ireland kept civilation alive during the dirk ages. I pray that Ireland can hold on to civilation, during this period of creeping heathenism
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Laura Wilson | Oct 27, 2010, 05:55 PM EDT
sence 9/11 getting maried dosnt mean you can automatically stay in this country Ahhh duh !!! get cought up on the news folks i work with Illegals daily .... & yes Only god can judge gay's I say go for it
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plasticpaddy | Oct 27, 2010, 05:50 PM EDT
Shut up Murphy with your ignorant musings.
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murphy66 | Oct 27, 2010, 03:16 PM EDT
God's law trumps both federal and state law.
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hollabackgurl | Oct 27, 2010, 03:01 PM EDT
Conservatives are all for states rights and individual liberty unless you're gay because then they want a federal law to ban marriage equality. The hypocrisy could not be more transparent. That's why they're afraid to debate. They think you won't notice all the b.s. if they shout loud enough.
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maloney | Oct 27, 2010, 12:26 PM EDT
Good on you killowen.
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feliciamaisey | Oct 27, 2010, 12:18 PM EDT
killowen--
What a vile comment. You should be ashamed of yourself. I guess heterosexuals who cannot have children should be denied rights or be permitted an animal such as yourself--swish swish??
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killowen | Oct 27, 2010, 11:38 AM EDT
They're procreation help is what this nation really needs. We should allow marriage with any animal that
swishes its tail. God b............................
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mayoman | Oct 27, 2010, 11:07 AM EDT
Reason would dictate that since Vandiver and Valendia were married legally in Connecticut that Valendia should be allowed to stay in the US with his lawful spouse. Gay people and gay marriages are real, and unfortunately it will take awhile before the conservatives among us recognize this.
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John G. Hogan | Oct 27, 2010, 09:45 AM EDT
Did you ask Arizona???
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