posted on November 30, 2004 12:54:58 PM new
LOS ANGELES -- A Filipino couple is suing the United States government, alleging the man was denied permanent U.S. residency because his wife is a transsexual.
Experts said it may be the first legal challenge of its kind.
Donita Ganzon was granted citizenship in 1987 -- six years after her sex change operation. She was given a certificate that listed her sex as female.
Her husband, Jiffy Javenella, applied for permanent resident status after the couple married in 2001.
The lawsuit alleges Javenella's application was turned down earlier this year -- within three weeks after Ganzon revealed she'd undergone a male-to-female sex change operation. Javenella now faces deportation.
A government memo cites the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman, to support its position.
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
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posted on November 30, 2004 01:26:34 PM new
Since when is American citizenship GUARANTEED to immigrants? It ISN'Ttheir birthright.
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
posted on November 30, 2004 01:36:30 PM new
Citizenship is not guaranteed, but if you look at the reason why the government denied the citizenship you will see it doesn't make sense. The government denied it on the basis of the DOMA - the couple is one man and one woman (now at least).
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
---------------------------------- "Give it up for George W. Bush, the best friend international jihad ever had."
posted on November 30, 2004 01:58:41 PM new
Doesn't matter why citizenship was denied. Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
posted on November 30, 2004 02:02:03 PM new
I hope a cop uses that logic the next time he gives you a ticket. It doesn't matter why you got the ticket, you just got one.
More great logic from the right. Stupid is as stupid does.
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
---------------------------------- "Give it up for George W. Bush, the best friend international jihad ever had."
posted on November 30, 2004 02:32:02 PM new
[i]"Doesn't matter why citizenship was denied.
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job"[/i]
posted on November 30, 2004 08:55:44 PM new
If there is one thing you are an expert in, it is stupidity, but then you are self taught
Americans again prove Pres Bush is the best man for the job
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." --John Stuart Mill
posted on December 1, 2004 05:40:17 AM new
Bear liperals will never understand and homosexuals are just trying to swallow that sh!t sandwich they made for themselves...
It is too much for thier limited minds to understand that the people of the US did not/do not want homosexual marriage.
posted on December 2, 2004 12:07:20 PM new
Both of the people in this case should be deported or exiled.
LAS VEGAS -- The five-year marriage of a former Marine and a Bahraini royal whose story was told in the made-for-television movie "The Princess and the Marine" is over.
"It was what she wanted," Jason Johnson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal of the divorce he and Meriam Al-Khalifa filed for Nov. 17, the day after their fifth wedding anniversary. The divorce filing calls them "incompatible in marriage."
Johnson, who had tried to sneak the princess into the United States and was demoted in rank over forging a Marine ID for his beloved, , cast the tale as a "Romeo and Juliet" love affair that disintegrated amid Las Vegas nightlife, opposition by his wife's family and at least one death threat.
Al-Khalifa was not represented by a lawyer in the divorce filing. No one answered her apartment door Monday and it was unclear whether she planned to stay in the United States.
The story started in January 1999 when Johnson was stationed in Bahrain. Al-Khalifa is one of five daughters of Sheik Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, a distant relative of Bahrain's king, Sheik Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.
They met at a mall and fell in love, though he was a Mormon and she a Muslim, forbidden to marry a non-Muslim.
Her family ordered an end to the romance. They continued to secretly exchange letters through a mall employee.
Johnson spirited Al-Khalifa to the United States when his tour of duty ended in November 1999, using forged documents and a disguise.
Al-Khalifa sought political asylum in the United States and the couple married in Las Vegas in 1999. He was 23. She was 19.
The story made headlines. Besides the TV movie, the couple made the rounds of television talk shows. They rented an apartment in Las Vegas and lived off money from the movie. Johnson got a job as a parking valet on the Vegas Strip.
He described constant tension with Al-Khalifa's family, and said the FBI once told him they intercepted a man who said he had been paid $500,000 to assassinate her.
Johnson said Al-Khalifa plunged into Las Vegas nightlife, partying with friends and ignoring him.
About a year ago, Johnson said, Al-Khalifa left him. He now lives in Las Vegas with his stepmother.
"Deep down inside, she knows that I loved her more than anything in the world," he said. "I can say I enjoyed every minute I spent with her."
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
---------------------------------- "Give it up for George W. Bush, the best friend international jihad ever had."
