Why do same-sex couples do not qualify for immigration benefits as heterosexual couples do?

Well, you are talking USA. In Europe you would find same sex couples DO qualify for immigration benefits as a married couple would. Consider that at least four EU nations (Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK) offer marriages or partnerships that are identical with marriage benefits.





It will take a while, I'd guess 5-10 years before the USA changes its tune. But it is going to happen. As more and more states permit gay marriage it will become less and less controversial. Then federal law will change as well.Why do same-sex couples do not qualify for immigration benefits as heterosexual couples do?
There is already rampant fraud regarding sham marriages for the sake of immigration, katie bar the door letting anyone just claim they are ';married';





There should be no special considerations for marriages to immigrants and then see how many happen - it's a joke - just look at Y!A and see how many are fraudulent -Why do same-sex couples do not qualify for immigration benefits as heterosexual couples do?
currently gay marriages aren't given many of the same rights as straight marriages.





Time will change this... but we will first have to see the day when it is legal throughout the us for two gay people to get married before we see them getting extra rights like immigration.
Bigotry. Federal law does not recognize same-sex couples as a result of DOMA (which, incidentally, Clinton signed), whether they be married abroad, or married or civil-unioned where permitted to do so in the United States. There you have it.
Because the government is an a-s-s that hates and wants to kill diversity.





In their eyes, gay people aren't worth as much as straight people.
Why should they? In America we only tolerate gays. It is not a federal government approved life style.
come to think of it they should...i mean it is a spouse..right?same rights as a hetero spouse...
It's because this country is full of bigots who couldn't care less about anyone rights besides their own.
We have not even tackled the issue of same sex civil unions vs. marriage...for the love of Pete...lets walk before we run.
Gay marrige isn't recognized by the federal government
because this world is retarded and we just live in it.
Because they're sinners.