Gay Marriage Watch » uniting american families act http://purpleunions.com/blog All the News We Can Find on Gay Marriage & Marriage Equality Thu, 24 May 2012 16:35:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Uniting American Families Act Gets New Sponsor – Specter http://purpleunions.com/blog/2009/11/uniting-american-families-act-gets-new-sponsor-specter.html http://purpleunions.com/blog/2009/11/uniting-american-families-act-gets-new-sponsor-specter.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0000 scott http://blogs.purpleroofs.com/test/2009/11/20/uniting-american-families-act-gets-new-sponsor-specter/ Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee (and formerly that committee’s Republican Chairman), has signed on as a cosponsor of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA).

At last June’s Senate Judiciary Committee UAFA hearing, Specter expressed strong support for ending discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans and their families in immigration law. Immigration Equality applauds Senator Specter for his support for LGBT binational families.

Eight of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s twelve Democrats are now cosponsors of UAFA. A ninth, Senator Ted Kaufman of Delaware, recently publicly stated his support for equal immigration rights for LGBT families.

Full Story from SDGLN.com: http://sdgln.com/causes/2009/11/19/uafa-gains-influential-new-cosponsor

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