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04-04-2009, 09:22 AM
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This is why we need marriage, not just domestic partner protection.
Pacifica Domestic Partners Get Temporary Reprieve
PACIFICA, Calif. (KCBS) - A same-sex couple in Pacifica may have to move to the Philippines because of a deportation order. Same-sex advocates say the case of Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado highlights inequities in U.S. immigration law. Tan and Mercado have been registered as domestic partners since 1991. They have twin 12-year-old sons. Tan applied for political asylum in the United States after she was shot by a relative during an inheritance dispute. The government turned that request down in 2002, and has ordered Tan to leave the country. She was supposed to be deported Friday, but Congresswoman Jackie Speier, (CA-12), helped Tan get a three-week stay. KCBS' Chris Filippi reports According to Immigration Equality executive director Rachel Tiven, the situation Tan and her partner are facing is not unique. "An American citizen like Jay Mercado is losing her family, having the person that she loves most in the world, the mother of her children, the caretaker of her elderly mother, being ripped from her, all because they're a lesbian couple," claimed Tiven. The couple's attorney says the government often overlooks immigration violations for heterosexual couples with children. The couple is appealing the deportation order. If that effort fails, Mercado said the entire family would move to the Philippines. Copyright 2009, KCBS. All Rights Reserved.
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04-04-2009, 09:38 AM
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You are exactly right. This is reprehensible and I hope that these two get to stay together with their families.
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04-04-2009, 02:05 PM
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*jaw drop* Oh, that's just AWFUL! Those poor girls.
 I wish I could do something to help.
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04-04-2009, 04:08 PM
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So Much For "Family Values"
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04-04-2009, 08:46 PM
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This story is an excellent example of how anything less than marriage equality is not equal. Time is running out for this couple. Hard to believe this is going on in 2008. These are the real life examples that everyone needs to hear about. The misconception is that domestic partnerships and civil unions give all the same rights as marriage, but for this couple, and all the rest of us, it isn't true.
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04-05-2009, 08:29 AM
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The fact that this couple is willing to move the entire family out of the states in order to stay together seems to go unnoticed by those who oppose same sex marriage. That willingness to uproot speaks volumes of there love and commitment for each other and for their boys. The opposition claims (loudly) we have the exact same rights in domestic partners as married couples do...come on, not another lie.
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