Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Gay Couples

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Democrat from Vermont who is the powerful chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is adding another controversial ingredient to the volatile mix of an immigration debate that President Obama has said he hopes to spur in Congress before the end of the year.

Mr. Leahy has offered a bill that would allow American citizens and legal immigrants to seek residency in the United States for their same-sex partners, just as spouses now petition for foreign-born husbands and wives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/us...3immig.html?em

A follow-up article...Gay partner language could doom immigration reform

Advocates for gays and immigrants are clashing over a proposed immigration bill that would let gay and lesbian Americans sponsor their immigrant “permanent partners” for legal U.S. residency.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23262.html

Yes! Equal rights for all!

If they legalize gay marriage this wouldn't be a issue right.

Right.

Also, if the Catholic Bishops and the Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference are willing to walk away from CIR and all its beneficiaries just because of the inclusion of equal rights, I say 'don't let the door hit you on the vagina on the way out'. Seriously. And by the way, a heck of a job they've done building up support. In a country where 80% of the population is Christian, you'd think they would have accomplished something already.

Morons, just ugh.