Fury amongst gay rights groups as Arizona passes bill allowing people to refuse service to anyone under religious beliefs

[Karee 4,190]

Uh, my point was that the same thing happens to SS couples and opposite-sex couples.

Not sure why you think I am attempting to be politically correct.

I have no regional forum, so, and I've done just fine.

Israel isn't in the Middle East?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Israel isn't in the Middle East?

Do you think that being geographically near makes it that I have anything in common with the discussion there, like may-december romances, fraud, and scams?

Likewise, the euro forum is mostly dead, too many countries.

[Karee 4,190]

Do you think that being geographically near makes it that I have anything in common with the discussion there, like may-december romances, fraud, and scams?

Likewise, the euro forum is mostly dead, too many countries.

Just because you don't find it helpful, doesn't mean it wont/can't be helpful to others.

[sharky-rex 76]

Opposite-sex people have this problem sometimes with their home passport. In some countries, you can't change your name on your passport after marriage. They just don't recognize it and won't do it. In the US, once you get your GC in your married name, that will get you a SSN in married name, and then you can get a state ID in your married name, and you don't need to show your marriage cert any more, right?

From what I've read it's not unusual to take up to a year to get your green card, and in many places you're only allowed to drive on your foreign license for 30 days. What are we supposed to do, not drive for 11 months?

I stand somewhat corrected, I guess. And thanks for answering my question, I had no luck with it before. I'm fortunate that I can afford to not drive for however long it takes to get my green card. As things stand it would be impossible to change the name on the license after I get it.

IMO, I don't know if we really need a whole sub-forum, but pinning the posts where they already exist and are quite long would be great. Regional forums provide a lot of emotional support and space to discuss country specific things, both related to immigration and not. We don't really have a place like that, but I can see where that would develop into "why not have that for *insert other specific situation*". That said, there are a lot of issues that same-sex couples are facing for the first time, now that DOMA was struck down, some of them immigration-related and some not. It would be nice to have a place to discuss them. There's been talk of an emotional-support type sub-forum, and it would fit there. I don't really know the best way to handle this.

Edited February 23, 2014 by sharky-rex

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

From what I've read it's not unusual to take up to a year to get your green card, and in many places you're only allowed to drive on your foreign license for 30 days. What are we supposed to do, not drive for 11 months?

I stand somewhat corrected, I guess. And thanks for answering my question, I had no luck with it before. I'm fortunate that I can afford to not drive for however long it takes to get my green card. As things stand it would be impossible to change the name on the license after I get it.

IMO, I don't know if we really need a whole sub-forum, but pinning the posts where they already exist and are quite long would be great. Regional forums provide a lot of emotional support and space to discuss country specific things, both related to immigration and not. We don't really have a place like that, but I can see where that would develop into "why not have that for *insert other specific situation*". That said, there are a lot of issues that same-sex couples are facing for the first time, now that DOMA was struck down, some of them immigration-related and some not. It would be nice to have a place to discuss them. There's been talk of an emotional-support type sub-forum, and it would fit there. I don't really know the best way to handle this.

With a K-1 visa, there is a long down period where the person cannot drive, cannot work, cannot travel. With your AOS packet, you will apply for an EAD which will be approved within 90 days. The EAD is a stop-gap measure so the person is not stranded for a whole year. With your EAD you can get a license (in most states) and get a SSN in your married name. This is the same for all K-1s.

Good luck.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[Cathi 5,746]

Do you think that being geographically near makes it that I have anything in common with the discussion there, like may-december romances, fraud, and scams?

Likewise, the euro forum is mostly dead, too many countries.

I'm pretty sure there is far more to the MENA forum than what you say, but hey we can't please everyone.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I'm pretty sure there is far more to the MENA forum than what you say, but hey we can't please everyone.

Sorry Mimo, we've made friends outside that forum, no?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Yep - got a request to remove it today, but didn't do it fast enough I guess, so they removed it for me.

Insanity.

Was it content or because it's animated

[Karee 4,190]

Was it content or because it's animated

Mine is animated and they haven't sent me off the re-education camp yet.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Mine is animated and they haven't sent me off the re-education camp yet.

Good Point

It is curious why they singled Penny out. Maybe someone reported it.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I am always torn by laws like this. There just is no perfect answer

On one hand a person should be able to open a business and serve whomever he wishes. If he wants a restaurant full of smokers, so be it, but I will not eat there. Freedom is important, no matter how disgusting we think it is. As Larry Flynt said, "If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it will protect all of you."

On the flip side, we can not have business that operate in the public realm that discriminate.Once it starts where will it end. Blacks, Jews, white People etc. It's a step backward to the Jim Crow days

Real tough issue. Personal liberty to exercise your beliefs or legal discrimination in our society.

I would have to under protest error on the side of not allowing them to discriminate.

Certain behaviors yes. Say they ban all PDA by anyone. That applies to all evenly. They require everyone to wear long pants, or no saggy pants. Those kind of things, while stupid, don't discriminate against any one certain group.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's not a tough issue, it's flat out wrong.

Not selling products and services to gays has nothing to do with religious beliefs and everything to do with bigotry.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's not a tough issue, it's flat out wrong.

Not selling products and services to gays has nothing to do with religious beliefs and everything to do with bigotry.

Yup.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Good Point

It is curious why they singled Penny out. Maybe someone reported it.

I've used it for over a year, I think. I can only assume it's because it showed a cartoon character in their underwear and apparently that's offensive?

[Karee 4,190]

I've used it for over a year, I think. I can only assume it's because it showed a cartoon character in their underwear and apparently that's offensive?

It's because you're a lib.