Another smallest violin thread.
Posted on 11/03/2005 3:56:01 PM PST by thompsonsjkc
Limiting the rights of same-sex couples disproportionately harms Hispanic gays and lesbians because they are less likely than their white counterparts to be U.S. citizens and more likely to raise children and earn less, a national group said Tuesday.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force based its claims on a report that analyzed 2000 U.S. Census data. The report found constitutional bans on same-sex marriage — such as Proposition 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot — would hurt Hispanics more than whites.
"This is the richest, most complete data set on same-sex couples ... and it comes from our own government, and that's why it's so important," said Jason Cianciotto, author of the report and research director of the task force's Policy Institute.
Jonathan Saenz, staff attorney with the Plano-based Liberty Legal Institute and a Proposition 2 supporter, questions whether the task force truly cares about Hispanics or is merely using them to legalize gay marriage. "I don't want Hispanic people and statistics to be used as a pawn to advance someone's agenda," said Saenz.
The report found that Hispanic same-sex partners were raising children at more than three times the rate of white, non-Hispanic, same-sex couples.
White gay couples earn an average of $65,000 annually, while Hispanic same-sex couples earn less than $40,000. About 51 percent of gay couples where both partners are Hispanic were identified as not being U.S. citizens, the report says. For couples comprising Hispanic and white men, 8 percent were not U.S. citizens.
If gay marriage were legal in Texas, Christopher Rigdon said he would be able to sponsor his Colombian-born partner, Sergio Sarmiento, for U.S. citizenship. "We talk about equality as a strong American ideal ... but we do not extend it to gay and lesbian citizens," Rigdon, 33, a Houston-area teacher, said.
Sarmiento and Rigdon are among 5,000 same-sex Hispanic couples in Texas identified in the report.
"This makes me wonder whether the report's motivation is to change immigration laws instead of solidifying loving relationships," Saenz said.
Of the approximately 600,000 same-sex couple households, 105,025 were identified as Hispanic, the report says. The Census allows people to identify whether they are part of a same-sex couple living in the same house.
Cianciotto said the actual number of same-sex households is probably 50 percent more than those reported.
"For people like me, this document does not come as a surprise," said Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, an Austin-based board member of National Latino/a Coalition for Justice.
Ping it
Maybe they should go back to their home countries and see if their governments are more tolerant of the deviant life style.
Another smallest violin thread.
They're getting desperate.
So it is now racist to support traditional marriage?
Hey, they could just get married in Columbia and then come here as 'family!' Oh wait, Columbia doesn't offer gay marriage either. Oh well, I guess he will have to find a Canadian to gay marry.
Very misleading headline. It should read "HOMOSEXUAL Latinos hurt the most". I'm willing to bet that the rest of the Latinos would be just fine with it. I know I would never see it in the mainstream media, but I would love to see a poll of your average Latinos on whether they support homosexual marriage or not. That issue alone might drive them all to the Republican party.
Polls: Latinos oppose same-sex marriage at higher rate than Anglos
"Latinos" the most misused and abused word to describe people of Hispanic decent.
It is not a race.
This is the homosexuals trying to create confusion for their selected behavior.
Those homosexuals can go down to their local office depot and buy a fomr "cohabitation agreement" for 24.95 or less and contract to share living space without the judicial fiat.
Instead this is about the homosexuals imposing their hedonistic version of normal on a society which does not, physically can not, and will never accept homosexuality as normal behavior.
Don't laugh, one of the objectives of homosexuals marrying in canada was to enter the USA with a "spousal visa". This is currently under litigation in the federal courts. Because the 1996 DMA stands, there are no spouse visas for sodomites.
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Regardless of race, sodomy sounds like a pain in the @zz.
Yes. That figure is actually based on a US Census count.
New immigration scam: Pretend to be gay... get status... get reformed!
Yea I figured that BUT the "report" referred to was related to Texas not the US.
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