Canadian gay couple was refused entry to the United States.* And speaking of being turned away: a Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. gay couple was refused entry to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in September 2003 after filling out a joint customs form as a family. Joe Varnell and Kevin Bourassa, who are legally married under Ontario law, were enroute to a human rights conference in Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. . The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa used the controversial 1996 Defense of Marriage Act to defend U.S. immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. officials' actions, pointing out that the two men would have been allowed to enter if they would have filled out individual customs forms instead of insisting on being treated as a family. |
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