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		luminary on May 16, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to get a U.S. Visa (and work on your o... Off-topic: If the OP is a male and gets married to another male (who is a citizen) in Massachusetts, he still won't get a green card because federal law defines marriage as a "legal union exclusively between one man and one woman." Shucks..

_zhqs on May 16, 2010 [–]

Yes. DOMA also prevents the recognition, at federal level (e.g. immigration benefits), of foreign same-sex marriages (e.g. Canada, South Africa, etc.)

A number of countries that do not have same-sex marriage do recognize foreign same-sex marriages for immigration (Israel is one example).

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