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JDPriestly

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58. That article does not suggest that Greenwald thought he would be prosecuted because he

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 11:58 PM

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married. It says that Greenwald's partner would not have been permitted to immigrate to the United States until after the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act.

He never said he would have faced prosecution for his gay marriage.

And he is correct that now his re-entry into the country of his birth might face another (or more than just one other) legal obstacle.

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That article does not suggest that Greenwald thought he would be prosecuted because he JDPriestly Apr 2014 #58

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