Defense of Marriage Act Archives

Downfall of DOMA paves path to citizenship

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act on June 26, nearly 40,000 LGBT binational couples were suddenly eligible to sponsor their spouses for U.S. residency and citizenship.

Denver lesbian’s deportation on hold for five months

Sujey Pando is home, for now. Immigration Judge Mimi Tsankov decided Aug. 19 to postpone…

Denver lesbian faces deportation Aug. 19, wife helpless because of DOMA

The old adage goes, “love knows no bounds.” That is, unless you’re a lesbian binational…

Lesbian couple, one of thousands, torn apart by DOMA, immigration policy

When Coloradan Inger Knudson committed her life to Philippa, an English woman, atop Lookout Mountain in 2009, the last thing she feared was her family would be ripped apart by the United States government.