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Sham marriage law breaches rights

Tough government rules to prevent sham marriages discriminate against immigrants, the High Court has ruled. In a significant defeat for the government, Mr Justice Silber said the rules were unreasonable and breached human rights. Campaigners said the law was discriminatory because it effectively labelled some immigrants as fraudsters. The judge gave leave to appeal - but the Home Office has partially suspended the rules while it considers its case. However, Mr Justice Silber's "declaration of incompatibility" against the rules is the most severe defeat the courts can inflict on the government on human rights grounds. It means ministers must return

Sham marriage law faces challenge

Immigration campaigners say the law is discriminatory and want it overturned on human rights grounds. The Home Office introduced the rules last year saying they were essential to crack down on sham marriages for immigration. Under the rules, the Home Secretary has the power to block a proposed marriage if he believes it may be bogus. The rules mean people born outside of the EU and some bordering European nations who have only six months' permission to be in the UK must seek special permission from the Home Office to marry, irrespective of the status of their partner. More : news.bbc.co.uk

Judge rules against gay couples in N.Y.

- A judge has ruled against a group of same-sex couples who challenged the state's anti-gay marriage law after they were denied marriage licenses. The 25 couples sued the city of Ithaca and the state last June, arguing that the law contradicts a 2002 New York statute outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But State Supreme Court Judge Robert Mulvey rejected that argument Wednesday, saying it is up to the Legislature to change the law, not the courts. "Social perceptions of same-sex civil contracts may change over time," Mulvey wrote in his ruling. "If that day comes, it is within the

Manitoba Government Will Allow Court Action Against Marriage Law to go Unchallenged

Canadian Alliance MP Grant Hill expressed his dismay today at the roadblocks put up by the federal Liberal government to his Private Members Bill C-447, which would have legislated the traditional definition of marriage in Canada for the first time. It was the Liberal members who denied votability status to Bill C-447 at a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on October 9, Hill said. Hill said, "It became evident very early on that the Liberal strategy on the issue of the definition of marriage was to let the courts write the law.

Medicaid fraud widespread, government report says

Fraud in the $300-billion-a-year Medicaid program is widespread and the federal government is not doing enough to combat it, congressional investigators said in a report released Wednesday. Just eight federal employees monitor widely varying state efforts to fight Medicaid fraud, the Government Accountability Office said. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been reviewing state programs since 2000 at a pace that will take it until late 2006 to cover all 50 states and the District of Columbia, said GAO, Congress' investigative arm. The oversight "may be disproportionately small relative to the risk of serious financial loss," GAO