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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Update on Geographic Discrimination Case

Posted by The Playful Walrus
We have an update on a criminal case being pursued because a marriage didn’t look like someone else’s idea of marriage. Mexican-bornd Actress Maria Fernanda Romero Martinez, who uses the stage name Fernanda Romero, and her American husband, Kent Ross, plead not guilty yesterday to federal marriage fraud charges. The Los Angeles Daily News has more details.

Authorities allege the suspects entered into a sham marriage so the actress could obtain legal residency status in the United States.

According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, Romero paid Ross to marry her on June 12, 2005, but they never lived together as a couple.

About one month after the marriage, Romero began dating fashion photographer Markus Klinko, and they lived together for several months, according to court papers. After they broke up, Klinko presented ICE with evidence that Romero was in a sham marriage, the prosecution alleges.

Who is to say their marriage is a sham? Families come in many different forms, after all.
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  1. Walrus, your news sources cannot be correct. It is well established doctrine among neutered marriage activists that only "homosexuals" face any legal limits in regards to marriage.

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