Clayton County, Georgia — argued that those fears have proven unfounded. When it comes to the Obergefell v. Smith successfully argued the landmark Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas, which decriminalized same-sex sexual activity among consenting adults, striking down sodomy laws in Texas and a dozen other states. There are currently more than a half million households made up of same-sex married couples in the country , according to U.
Census Bureau data released last month. According to Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted in May, 67 percent of Americans said same-sex marriage should be recognized by law as valid, matching an all-time high. When Gallup first polled Americans on the topic of gay marriage, in , only 27 percent said they were in favor of it.
Many were surprised when Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, voted in favor of those protections, and in fact wrote the decision. But if anti-gay laws are unlikely to make a comeback, where should gay rights activists focus their attention?
The answer to that lies, at least in part, in the still fluid, and at times blurry, line between religious freedom and LGBTQ civil rights, according to Gould and Smith.
As Lambda Legal noted in its September statement, Barrett has been a paid speaker at legal conferences hosted by the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Religious exemption, Gould warned, allows "an activist court to expand the argument to more and more things that don't seem like they are about artistic expression. My spouse and I got married in a U. Can I sponsor my spouse for a marriage green card? For immigration purposes, generally the law of the place or country where the marriage took place determines whether the marriage is legally valid. Does our child born abroad need to have genetic ties to a U. Recently, the State Department announced it would grant citizenship to children born outside the United States to married couples via in vitro fertilization or surrogacy.
Previously, children born abroad had to be genetically related to a U. Now, the child qualifies as long as one of the parents is a U. The new policy allows parents who were previously denied citizenship for their child to re-apply. Can the foreign spouse in a same-sex marriage apply for naturalization after three years? Yes, same-sex marriages are treated exactly the same as opposite-sex marriages. Green card holders who are married to a U. Yes, as long as you, the sponsor, are a U.
Can a same-sex spouse apply for an inadmissibility waiver? Yes, for waivers of inadmissibility that require the foreign partner to be a spouse, same-sex marriages are recognized and treated the same as opposite-sex marriages. That said, as with anything related to immigration, the best practice is to honestly and clearly explain any potentially confusing situations.
If you include in your filing package a genuine written explanation in the form of a cover letter, for example for any potential issues your green card application might face, you may avoid being asked for more evidence of an authentic marriage at the interview stage.
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Because your friend referred you, your application with Boundless is discounted. Same-sex marriage green card support without the high price tag. Get started today. Supreme Court decision in before the country recognized their union. Ever since the election of U. In , Trump announced a ban on transgender people serving in the military, and this month, rescinded Obama-era guidelines protecting trans people from healthcare discrimination.
While an outright dismissal of same-sex marriage is considered highly unlikely, legal experts say decisions at state level and in the lower courts, many filled with Trump-appointed judges, could erode protections for gay couples.
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