January 5, 201214 yr Active Members Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk have been together for 19 years. They're married and live in the Castro, but have been living under the threat of separation because Wells is a U.S. citizen and Makk a citizen of Australia. That threat ended Wednesday, when they won a two-year stay of Makk's deportation. Congressperson Nancy Pelosi had intervened as Makk is seriously ill from AIDS, and Wells is his primary caregiver. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/04/MNM61ML0I7.DTL#ixzz1iawWAQsV
January 5, 201214 yr This is good news. I had been following that originally and I had wondered what happened.
January 5, 201214 yr Active Members My heart goes out to both of these men. When I heard the news the first time via San Francisco television news--I felt sorry and question the rationale for the Aussie's deportation. Ridiculous! Insane! Inane! Take each case individually and rule in the affirmative if it's warranted.
January 6, 201214 yr Author Active Members I wonder why not a permanent reprieve. I hope that they don't figure the ill man only has 2 years left.
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