Same-Sex Partners Of Diplomats, UN Officials Now Have To Be Married To Get Visas

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President Trump’s administration has begun denying visas to the same-sex partners of diplomats and United Nations employees, Foreign Policy reported Monday evening.

The new rule will require same-sex couples to be married for their partners to receive a visa, a move that will increasingly distress those couples who are from countries where same-sex marriage is illegal.

The State Department said in a letter in July that the move is designed to reflect the U.S.’s law on same-sex marriage in its international policies.

Read Foreign Policy’s full report here.  

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  1. All the shitholes were taken, so we’ll just settle for being an asshole country.

  2. As soon as a place opens up on the map for another shithole country, we’re in.

  3. Lest we forget that pro-choice rights are hardly the only ones in their crosshairs.

  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Because he can.

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