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06-26-2015, 10:39 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us...T.nav=top-news

This may seem out of place on a Dream Act/immigration news site but it's not. If you recall, 2 years ago or so when they were working on the immigration reform bill, one of the arguments against it was that some people, including those on here wanted to attach gay marriage rights to it. This potentially turned people who were for immigration reform but against gay marriage against the immigration bill.

I argued that the two issues were separate and gay marriage had a far bigger chance of being approved before immigration would and so it shouldn't have been included in the immigration bill since once passed, it would automatically apply to immigration as well.

And it has, so "I told you so!". The good news is of course now if same sex couples get married and one is a citizen, their partner can apply for them. It was kind of like this already in some states but now there is no question. It also means, the issue is removed from future immigration bills.

The LGBT community won their war against conservatives and now it's our turn. Immigration is now the single biggest social issue.
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Late 40's Dreamer (Holy Fucking shit I'm almost 50 and still dealing with this), aged out of original DACA and didn't have a chance to apply for extended DACA after Republicans killed it on the vine.
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