-
Recent Posts
- My White House Blog as a Cesar Chavez Champion of Change for 2013
- A Look at LGBT Immigrants – The Williams Institute Study
- The Speech I Would Love to Give at the White House on March 26, 2013
- Clinton Gets It Right After He Gets It Wrong
- Interesting List of States With MOST Kids With LGBT Parents – Williams Institute Study
Recent Comments
- admin on For Love or Country? What I Shared at Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco, September 2, 2012
- Ruby Layson on For Love or Country? What I Shared at Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco, September 2, 2012
- Judy Rickard on For Love or Country? What I Shared at Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco, September 2, 2012
- Heidi Mann on For Love or Country? What I Shared at Metropolitan Community Church, San Francisco, September 2, 2012
- Joy on The Family Wedding We Had to See Via Skype Because of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act)
Archives
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
Receive new posts by email
RSS Subscribe
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: Senator Barbara Boxer
On the Green Card Trail, Step 4. Update AGAIN – Our Status as of June, 2012
Things are not different from my last Step 4 update, but here is the detail and why we are doing what we are doing… Karin and I are still waiting to hear back from the San Jose USCIS office for … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, binational same sex, comprehensive immigration reform, Congressman Mike Honda, David W. Ross, Defense of Marriage Act, Divided by Law Portrait Project, DOMA, Elizabeth Gilbert, employment authorization card, Findhorn Press, green card, immigration, Immigration Equality, Judy Rickard, Karin Bogliolo, Lavi Soloway, LGBT, LGBT binational couples, love exiles, Love Exiles Foundation, Out4Immigration, President Obama, Respect for Marriage Act, Reuniting Families Act, RFA, same sex marriage, same-sex binational couples, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Stop the Deportations, Torn Apart, U.S. immigration laws, UAFA, Unitd States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Uniting American Families Act, USCIS
|
1 Comment
On the Green Card Trail Step 4. Update – Why We Didn’t Go to Our Appointment June 12, 2012
This morning Karin and I were scheduled, re-scheduled, to have our second appointment with USCIS in San Jose. This is the “marriage interview” appointment. We did not go, and here’s why. Our vigilant lawyer, Lavi Soloway, has worked with our … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, abeyance policy, Attorney General Eric Holder, binational same sex, comprehensive immigration reform, Congressman Mike Honda, David W. Ross, Defense of Marriage Act, DeVote Campaign, Divided by Law Portrait Project, DOMA, Elizabeth Gilbert, Findhorn Press, immigration, Immigration Equality, Judy Rickard, Karin Bogliolo, Lavi Soloway, LGBT, LGBT binational couples, love exiles, Love Exiles Foundation, Out4Immigration, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Respect for Marriage Act, Reuniting Families Act, RFA, same sex marriage, same-sex binational couples, same-sex married binational couples, Secretary Janet Napolitano, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Stop the Deportations, The DOMA Project, Torn Apart, U.S. immigration laws, UAFA, Uniting American Families Act, USCIS
|
1 Comment
Senator Barbara Boxer Responding to My Message about Repealing DOMA
Glad to share this letter with you all. I asked both my California Senators to repeal DOMA, Defense of Marriage Act. One of my senators has been a co-sponsor of the repeal. The other has just introduced legislation, Respect for … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, binational same sex, comprehensive immigration reform, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Findhorn Press, Immigration Equality, Judy Rickard, Karin Bogliolo, LGBT binational couples, love exiles, Love Exiles Foundation, Out4Immigration, Respect for Marriage Act, S. 598, same-sex binational couples, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Torn Apart, UAFA
|
Leave a comment
Please Ask Your Federal Legislators to Co-Sponsor the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act – I Did!
I copied and pasted my letter to my two Senators and my House Member here to share an important issue. You can send a letter too. Go to: http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/RealEducation Message sent to the following recipients: Representative Honda Senator Feinstein Senator … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, binational same sex, comprehensive immigration reform, Congressman Mike Honda, Defense of Marriage Act, Divided by Law Portrait Project, DOMA, Findhorn Press, Immigration Equality, Judy Rickard, Karin Bogliolo, LGBT binational couples, love exiles, Love Exiles Foundation, Out4Immigration, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act, Representative Barbara Lee, Respect for Marriage Act, Reuniting Families Act, RFA, same sex marriage, same-sex binational couples, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Torn Apart, U.S. immigration laws, UAFA, Uniting American Families Act
|
Leave a comment
Senator Barbara Boxer Responding to My Message about Respect for Marriage Act
I also contacted my other U. S. Senator, Barbara Boxer, about the Respect for Marriage Bill from my U. S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Here is Senator Boxer’s response, received today, August 5, 2011. Dear Ms. Rickard: Thank you for contacting … Continue reading →
Senator Dianne Feinstein on Her Respect for Marriage Bill
Hi all, I wrote to one of my U. S. Senators, Dianne Feinstein, in support of her Respect for Marriage Act. Here’s her email reply and her record of introducing the bill in the Senate in March. U.S. Senator Dianne … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Judy Rickard, Respect for Marriage Act, Respect for Marriage Bill, S. 598, same sex marriage, Senator Akaka, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Blumenthal, Senator Boxer, Senator Coons, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Durbin, Senator Franken, Senator Gillibrand, Senator Inouye, Senator Kerry, Senator Lautenberg, Senator Leahy, Senator Merkley, Senator Murray, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Schumer, Senator Udall of Colorado, Senator Whitehouse, Senator Wyden, Torn Apart
|
Leave a comment
Take Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Please!
Immigration Equality has issued an action alert. Please help. Go to this link and send a letter urging your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor and support Senator Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) bill, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011 (CIRA). It includes … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, binational same sex, CIRA, comprehensive immigration reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011, Findhorn Press, Immigration Equality, Immigration Equality Action Fund, Judy Rickard, Julie Kruse, LGBT binational couples, same-sex binational couples, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Robert J. Menendez, Torn Apart, U.S. immigration laws, Uniting American Families Act
|
Leave a comment
Happy Pride Month – Lovings Helped Us, So Does Julian Bond
Today, June 12, 2011 is the 44th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia case, which brought about the end to the criminalization, not just ban, of interracial marriage. Who would have thought we would have faced that in 20th century … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged @tornapartbook, Attorney General Holder, binational same sex, Congressional LGBT Caucus, Congressman Mike Honda, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Findhorn Press, Judy Rickard, Julian Bond, Karin Bogliolo, LGBT binational couples, Loving v. Virginia, Marriage Equality, President Obama, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Reuniting Families Act, RFA, same sex marriage, same-sex binational couples, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Patrick Leahy, Torn Apart, U.S. immigration laws, UAFA, Uniting American Families Act
|
Leave a comment
Letter from California Senator Barbara Boxer – A Great Ally!
sent to me by email today, April 27, 2011 April 27, 2011 Dear Friend: I recently joined Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in introducing S.821, the Uniting American Families Act of 2011, which would help bring fairness and equality to our … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
|
Tagged binational same sex, Immigration and Naturalization Act, immigration laws, LGBT binational couples, permanent partners, S. 821, same-sex relationships, Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Patrick Leahy, U.S. immigration laws, Uniting American Families Act
|
Leave a comment
