Thursday, December 27, 2012
Gay and lesbian same-sex couples want the right to sponsor their non-citizen spouses.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
By Dana Amihere, Capital News Service POTOMAC - Maryland’s same-sex couples may have won the right to marry on Election Day, but binational couples like Kelly Costello and Fabiola Morales continue to fight to have their unions recognized. Immigration law permits one’s parent, spouse or child to petition for a move to the United States. However, a sponsor has to be a permanent U.S. resident to make the petition. Morales’ mother is in the naturalization process herself, her brother can’t sponsor her by law, she doesn’t have any children and there’s a backlog for nurses in immigration. “As thrilled as we are and see it in a positive light that we’re moving on the right path,” Costello said, “I think it’s important for people to realize that …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Cake shops, wedding venues expect to see part of $90 million boost from marriage-equality provision.
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
With the passage of Question 6, approving same-sex marriage, some financial analysts say Maryland’s economy could see as much as a $90 million boost, according to a recent Gazette story. Mark Yost, president of the Maryland Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, quoted research from UCLA's Williams Institute that suggested there could be $3.6 million in sales and lodging tax revenue, and $21 million per year from other wedding-related businesses. A reporter for the Baltimore Business Journal spoke with Mary Alice Yetskey, marketing director of Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes, who believes that her business will see a “much busier January” than normal. The article also quotes Mark Scurti, an attorney specializing in LGBT issues at Towson’s …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Same-sex marriage, in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, expanded gambling and congressional redistricting all come down to state voters this November.
With voters deciding four of Maryland’s most divisive issues, pundits and pols are bracing for an Election Day outcome the likes of which the state has never seen. The Nov. 6 ballot will feature seven statewide referenda in all—the most ever, reported The Washington Post. Those ballot questions were certified last week, to include: one question each for Prince George’s County and Baltimore County to require that orphan’s court judges pass the Maryland Bar, and a change in state law to accelerate the removal or suspension of elected officials convicted of crimes while in office. The other four ballot questions are expected to spur unprecedented electioneering by advocates on all sides: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE If gay couples come out of Nov. 6 …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Patch follows up on in the last hours of the Maryland 2012 General Assembly.
Monday is the last scheduled day of the 2012 Maryland General Assembly session, and lawmakers are still wrangling over details regarding the budget, which faces a midnight deadline. Failure to reach a budget agreement would require legislators to come back on Tuesday, according to Towson Patch. In the meantime, Patch checked out the status Monday of some of the bills that garnered interest on our sites in Maryland. Have a bill status you’d like us to check out? Let us know in comments. Same-Sex Marriage: A Done Deal. On March 1, Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill that takes effect in January of 2013. It would allow same-sex couples to marry, but a new question is being debated: Can same-sex married couples residing in Maryland, which …
Chillin
4:02 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Ok now! This crap is getting out of hand. Where does it stop? Gays have bamboozled the stupid State lawmakers into believing this marriage equality is all about love, when in fact the true motives are starting to slip out...monetary gain through government benefits and other other government bennies. Fab, you knew the rules when you entered the country, so just suck it up and live by them. … more ›