CNN On Gay Deportations

And the recent good news on that front.

Sodomites To The Front Of The Line

"The law is clear. This man would not be eligible to stay in the United States President Obama is pandering to his radical homosexual base for the 2012 election. What they're saying is because you practice sodomy, you get to jump to the head of the line in immigration. Are we going to let in anybody from a foreign country where there is a sodomy law or where they don't allow homosexual marriage? Are we going to be letting in all these homosexual activists from countries around the world that don't have liberal attitudes on homosexuality?" - Porno Pete LaBarbera, reacting to the suspension of deportation proceedings against a gay man legally married to a U.S. citizen.

Feds Drop Deportation Case For Gay Man

In what the New York Times says may be a precedent-setting decision, the federal government has dropped its deportation case against a gay Venezuelan legally married to an American man.

The announcement comes as immigration officials put into effect new, more flexible guidelines governing the deferral and cancellation of deportations, particularly for immigrants with no serious criminal records. Immigration lawyers and gay rights advocates said the decision represented a significant shift in policy and could open the door to the cancellation of deportations for other immigrants in same-sex marriages. “This action shows that the government has not only the power but the inclination to do the right thing when it comes to protecting certain vulnerable populations from deportation,” said the couple’s lawyer, Lavi Soloway. The case has been closely watched across the country by lawyers and advocates who viewed it as a test of the federal government’s position on the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.