Thank you Rep Nadler! Bill would allow gays to sponsor foreign partners

[WillParkinson]

Bill would allow gays to sponsor foreign partners

(Washington) Legislation was re-introduced in Congress Thursday that would allow Americans in a same-sex relationship to sponsor their “permanent partners” for legal residency in the United States, a right currently afforded only to opposite-sex couples under immigration law.
The Uniting American Families Act was filed in the House by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). Nadler has been fighting for the bill for nearly eight years. With Democrats now in Control of the Congress and the White House Nader said Thursday he is hopeful the measure will become law.

“In 2009, we should be ready as a society to acknowledge that stable American families come in all varieties,” said Nadler.

“We in fact strengthen our communities – and our nation – by encouraging loving couples and families to stay together and live as cohesive units. Any committed couple deserves the potential to form a life and a family together – this is a basic human right – and whether that couple is gay or straight should be irrelevant. Gay and lesbian Americans in loving, committed relationships deserve the same rights as everyone else.”

http://www.365gay.com/news/bill-would-allow-gays-to-sponsor-foreign-partners/

[Mojambo]

1. Gay immigrants... O'Reilly spontaneously combusts in 5,4,3... n/t

[WillParkinson]

2. Then it's a two-fer win isn't it?

We all get something we want.

[MNBrewer]

3. chances of making it to the floor?

zero.

[WillParkinson]

7. Oh sure....

Pee in my cornflakes. :-(

I guess I just hope for the best. I know couples who have had their lives torn apart by this stuff.

[The Brethren]

4. Yes, thank you Rep. Nadler. I hope it passes.

[Siyahamba]

5. Please ask your representatives and senators to cosponsor the bill if you haven't yet done so

It's so important that this passes...we can't hold our breath much longer.

[bluedawg12]

6. Rep. Nadler got the language just right.

That is the heart of the same sex marriage right campaign.

"...loving couples and families to stay together and live as cohesive units."