HISTORY MADE! First Same-Sex Spouse Granted Green Card
Source: The Advocate
A married lesbian couple in Colorado becomes first to receive a marriage-based green card, making Cathy Davis the first same-sex spouse to become lawful permanent resident of the United States.
A family of five in Colorado just got a big Fourth of July gift from Uncle Sam: Cathy Davis became the first same-sex spouse to become lawful permanent resident of the United States. Davis and her wife Catronia have three children. Their immigration interview took place in January and, according to DOMAProject.org, "could have been denied on the spot because of DOMA, the USCIS officer agreed that their case would have been approved that day if they were an opposite sex couple and she put the case on hold at the request of their attorney, DOMA Project co-founder, Lavi Soloway."
Then exactly one week after the Supreme Court ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, Davis and her wife were told the green card had been approved. A gay couple in Florida had their green card petition approved on Friday, which allows them to remain together.
Read more: http://www.advocate.com/society/marriage-equality/2013/07/04/history-made-first-same-sex-spouse-granted-green-card
The last paragraph at the link say it all.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)Oh noes!
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Kudos to the Obama Administration for putting this into effect so rapidly!! (see, I did it again)
What's especially important is that they live in FL, a anti-equality state.
shireen
(8,333 posts)It's adorable! Congratulation to them all.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Aristus
(66,386 posts)Fine. F*****G let 'em!
The rest of us will celebrate!...