Rachel Tiven, Executive Director of Immigration Equality and a Big Queer friend, discussed the Uniting American Families Act yesterday with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News.



Mr. O'Reilly couldn't get past the bedroom as he insisted that the only way to know for sure if gays were in committed relationships would be to go into their bedrooms since we can't show a marriage certificate like straight couples can. Ms. Tiven went head to head with Mr. O. trying to set the record straight (pun intended) that there's more to getting a green card for straight couples under current laws than just simply showing a marriage certificate and gay couples would also have to prove they are actually interdependent couples.

Currently 16 countries support same-sex immigration and allow their citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners that are not citizens including Brazil, South Africa, Australia, and Israel. In many cases queer Americans are leaving the US, their extended families and their homes and jobs to live in countries that don't force them to choose between love and country. This is a great loss for the US on many levels including, some argue a brain drain and loss of tax revenue.

So what do you thinks? Should US citizens be allowed to sponsor their same-sex partners for green cards? Should Americans be forced to choose between our partners and our countries? Take our Big Queer poll.