Washington DC: Vigil at the Monument
Event Details: Vigil at the Monument - The Washington Monument: Sunday, March 21
This Sunday, Americans in same-sex binational partnerships will gather in the nation’s capital at the Washington Monument to protest a situation that few Americans are aware exists.
They are Americans who suffer human rights violations due to unequal treatment in U.S. law and policy that does not permit them to sponsor their foreign same-sex partners to live with them in the States. Tens of thousands of Americans are in the same heart-breaking predicament: they must choose between continuing their lives in the States or leaving America to live in exile — simply to preserve and protect their primary family relationships.
Vigil participants will carry pictures of themselves with their partners and represent binational families everywhere who are either separated, living in fear of deportation, or exiled in other countries where they are legally recognized as family units.
Vigil at the Monument will occur simultaneously with a larger event, an immigration reform rally, also scheduled to be held in Washington DC on March 21.
American citizens in binational relationships are encouraged to come out of the shadows and participate in Vigil at the Monument. For additional information contact zoeoka@yahoo.com, founder, Committee To Advance Equality For Binational Same Sex Couples.
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