There are two new co-sponsor’s of UAFA to report this week. In the House of Representatives Kendrick Meek of Florida, that makes 87 in total. In the Senate Frank Lautenberg of Florida, that makes 9 there. Thanks guys! This is an unusual story about a US family who is seeking asylum to Finland [source: MSNBC]
Sep
24
One of the first things I did this morning was to phone the housing association that houses our disgusting neighbors to tell them that I didn’t want to have to go through another weekend like the one we had just been through. They are completely devoid of any brains or emotion since all they can [...]
Sep
23
Another….Weekend of Hell
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This past week at work has been totally crazy which is kind of normal at the beginning of the semester. I was looking forward to the weekend but when it arrived it was….hell. That is to put it mildly. The “neighbors from hell” were playing up and went completely off their trolley. It was so [...]
Sep
20
Another co-sponsor of UAFA
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Today Senator Patty Murray is the 8th co-sponsor of S1328, the Uniting American Families Act, in the Senate. Yay!! Senator Murray is representing Washington State. There are no new co-sponsors from the House of Representatives.
Sep
19
Explosive Night
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Little bit of drama tonight. We were minding our own business in bed tonight when we started to hear some sporadic banging. We thought….what are the “neighbors from hell” up to now? The bangs got faster and louder. We looked outside our living room window and all of a sudden tons of fireworks went off [...]
Sep
16
Open House / Thames Festival
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Saturday we met up with our friends Shani, Michael and their daughter Jess, we had Dim Sum at Chinese Experience which was great as usual…my favorite being Pea Shoots and Garlic (expensive but great!). On Sunday we did a tour round the Foreign Office, my old workplace. This was part of the Open House weekend. [...]
Sep
13
New UAFA Co-Sponsor
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Senator Barbara Boxer, of California, has just added her support to the Uniting American Families Act S1328. This makes a total of 7 co-sponsors in the Senate. I saw that a State 25c coin has been issued for Wyoming by the US Mint and noticed that they have the words “Equality State” on the reverse. [...]
Sep
10
Same Sex marriage has been legalized for the 2nd time in California. The first time Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill and it never went through. Equality California is urging everyone to sign their petition in order to stop a second veto, sign it here. Today I worked from home. I was really frustrated at work on [...]
Sep
9
Obama: Poor UAFA Response
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Barack Obama supports UAFA….kinda…not really [source: BarackObama.com]. I think he should still have co-sponsored it, which he hasn’t. Hilary Clinton and Obama say they are holding back support because of potential fraud which I think is just a lame excuse for not being fully committed to it. Immigration Equality discuss this issue in their blog [...]
Sep
8
To be continued…?
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Friday saw the final episode of Passions to be aired on NBC before it’s move to DirectTV on September 17th. Passions started off to be my bit of afternoon escapism when living in Denver, much needed after spending hours with my head down in C++ and Visual Basic code. I didn’t follow it soon after [...]
Sep
5
Two More UAFA Co-Sponsors
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Reported on the Immigration Equality blog today; the Labor Day weekend in the US saw two more co-sponsors sign up to the Uniting American Families Act HR2221. The co-sponsors are Brad Sherman of CA 27th District and Carolyn McCarthy of NY 4th District – we love you both!! Also, there were two new co-sponsors in [...]
Sep
4
Quiet Day on Tube
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Despite there being a tube strike my journey was more stress free than a regular day. This morning I used the Silverlink service from Camden Road to Highbury & Islington, the train was virtually empty. This evening I took the tube, the Piccadilly Line had quite a few people on it but the Northern was [...]
Sep
3
London is Suspended
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This is the state of the London Underground tonight, coming to a grinding halt due to a strike. My university has told everyone they should come in if there is alternative transport available, trouble is all the alternatives are going to be crammed with angry commuters. There will be some unpleasant scene’s tomorrow and I [...]
Sep
2
This weekend we went down to my parents, took 2 hours to get there (arrrggghhhh – British public transport is the pits!). They were both doing ok and my father seemed pretty cheerful. Picked up some immigration papers our lawyers in Toronto had sent us, an update on our situation, so we have to go [...]
Sep
2
UAFA Latest
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I haven’t had time to blog much about LGBT immigration issues in the States lately but here are some snippets of interest: An immigration forum was held in New York [source: New York Blade, HRC]. Senator Chris Dodd’s comments and view’s on the issue of LGBT immigration [source: Visible Vote 08]. Lulu’s thoughts on UAFA [...]