Cantwell Watch

A site dedicated to tracking what U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wa) does (or doesn't do) to warrant her reelection, or ouster, in 2006.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Cantwell accused of discriminating against veterans

From deep in the hills of Appalachia comes frontal attack on Cantwell for sabotageing international marriage and romance for veterans. The International Marriage Broker Regulation Act, of which Cantwell was a prime sponsor, introduced regulation of international romance by requiring background checks and profile reviews of clients by so-called marriage brokers, among other things.

The writer claims Cantwell "desperately presented false and misleading testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 14, 2004 (falsely) claiming international marriage brokers were involved in human trafficking of women into the United States. A DOJ study had already concluded no such correlation."

Noting that veterans are among those most affected by the law, the writer concludes, "People living everywhere should have the right to choose whom they marry without government interference."

Hmmm. Wonder if the sentiment would hold true if the veteran wanted to marry someone of the same sex?

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