Get the updates on our GLBT civil rights status!
- Join us at "The Gathering"
- Saturday, July 24th
- 3:00pm to 5:00pm
- Sponsored by The Paradise Piano Bar and Restaurant
1800 E. Broadway, Long Beach, 90802
- Complimentary appetizers & happy hour prices at the bar
Guest Speaker:
Back by popular demand is our own Long Beach attorney, Reba Birmingham to give us the most recent updates on several GLBT civil rights issues.
We are very privilege to add with Reba Birmingham Esq., Merrilee Snell from The Law Office of Merrilee Snell. Merrilee will be speaking about business immigration laws and also touch on the new case that just came down on Friday regarding the federal government’s recognizing state’s marriage laws.
This is a Massachusetts case, but it may have a huge effect on immigration for same-sex couples.
Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage law violates the Constitutional right of married same-sex couples to equal protection under the law and upends the federal government’s long history of allowing states to set their own marriage laws.
"This court has determined that it is clearly within the authority of the Commonwealth to recognize same-sex marriages among its residents, and to afford those individuals in same-sex marriages any benefits, rights, and privileges to which they are entitled by virtue of their marital status," Tauro wrote. "The federal government, by enacting and enforcing DOMA, plainly encroaches upon the firmly entrenched province of the state."
Please extend this opportunity to members of your communities and those who support us. It is a free event to provide and encourage information sharing and education to forward GLBT civil rights. You are encouraged to bring your business cards, flyers & brochures for your GLBT civil rights efforts.
Please extend this opportunity to members of your communities and those who support us. It is a free event to provide and encourage information sharing and education to forward GLBT civil rights. You are encouraged to bring your business cards, flyers & brochures for your GLBT civil rights efforts.
What questions do you have? What would you like to know more about?
Send in those questions and concerns to this email: ped4321@aol.com or or call 562.590.0808 |
