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STOP THE DEPORTATIONS! - Rally For Doug & Alex | |
Date | Wednesday July 13 |
Time | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Location Details | |
120 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA | |
Event Type | Protest |
Organizer/Author | Erik Schnabel |
On July 13th 2011 in San Francisco, Alex Benshimol and Doug Gentry, a married California couple, will face every same-sex binational couple’s worst nightmare: a deportation hearing. As anyone following this issue knows, for years there has been little hope for same-sex binational couples seeking to reside together in the US. Many are legally married like Alex and Doug, but are still treated as legal strangers in the eyes of our own government.
Out4Immigration is co-organizing this event with Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA), Stop The Deportations & GetEQUAL on July 13th, the day after the library event in support of Doug & Alex as they head into the immigration courts to have their deportation hearing. For more information about Doug & Alex - you can read their story here: http://stopthedeportations.blogspot.com/2011/06/doug-alex-face-doma-deportation-hearing.html Doug and Alex are also featured in our change.org petition this week! http://www.change.org/petitions/save-doug-and-alexs-marriage-and-stop-deporting-our-spouses More information on the immigration challenges facing LGBT couples can be found here: http://bit.ly/LGBT_Fact Confirmed Speakers: Lavi Soloway, Esq. Doug Gentry SF Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi SF Assessor Recorder Phil Ting SF Immigration Rights Commissioner Ana Perez Vincent Pan, Chinese For Affirmative Action Annette Wong, SFILEN Dusty Araujo; NIJC Supporting Organizations: Love, Honor, Cherish CARECEN SFILEN Asian Law Caucus NIJC National Center For Lesbian Rights Chinese For Affirmative Action API Equality GetEQUAL Out4Immigration Marriage Equality USA
For more event information:
Added to the calendar on Monday Jul 11th, 2011 6:54 PM
http://bit.ly/DougAlex |
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