same-sex couples

A proposal to expand gay rights is threatening to splinter a fragile, bipartisan agreement on immigration reform and kill a pillar of President Obama’s second-term agenda.

The Senate Gang of Eight, which crafted the immigration legislation, pledged to fight off “poison pill” amendments that would derail the bill. But one controversial proposal has already divided the group. 

An amendment sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) would allow U.S. citizens in long-term same-sex relationships to sponsor foreign partners for green cards. 

It is potentially the most troublesome amendment of the more than 300 proposed changes that have been filed by members of the Judiciary panel.  Read more »

Tax day is around the corner and for many of us that means getting that tax return!  However, for many same-sex couples it is another reminder of inequality in the eyes of the government.

Gay married couples in Phoenix detail how current law costs them thousands more than straight couples.

Please see the link below to watch the video!

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Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is raising constitutionality questions about a proposed ordinance that would recognize civil unions for same-sex couples in the community of Bisbee.

Horne sent a letter to city councilors Tuesday afternoon. He says if the ordinance is passed at Tuesday evening's meeting, it would be unconstitutional. He also says his office would go to court to block it.

Horne contends the ordinance attempts to change state law on things such as community property and only the state can change that law.

The ordinance would make Bisbee the first Arizona city to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, giving them rights now enjoyed by married couples. Read more »

When the Supreme Court listens to arguments about same sex marriage Tuesday in what is expected to be an historic case, sitting in the audience as a guest of Chief Justice John Roberts will be his lesbian cousin.

In an open letter distributed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights,  Jean Podrasky writes, “Tomorrow, my cousin, the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will begin considering the fate of two of the most important cases impacting the rights of the LGBT community ever to go before the Court—the challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). ”

“I want nothing more than to marry my wonderful girlfriend,” states Podrasky, who lives in the San Francisco area. Read more »