A 72-year-old Australian man asked federal immigration authorities in Los Angeles on Monday to reopen his 1975 petition for a marriage-based green card, some 39 years after he and his husband wed. Anthony Sullivan of Australia was married to his late spouse, Richard Adams, in Boulder, Colo., by a county clerk who was offering marriage licenses to same-sex couples. When they returned to California, Sullivan applied for a marriage-based green card from Immigration and Naturalization Services. The response he received from the agency was a letter that said “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.” Adams passed away in 2012, but Sullivan’s fight could be an important one for the immigrant spouses of gays and lesbians.
CHEAT SHEET
TOP 10 RIGHT NOW
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10