Thursday, May 2, 2013

Are LGBT Organizations threatening to Derail the Immigration Reform Bill?


This is an interesting move that could be problematic.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project has released a statement about the Immigration Reform Bill. Basically, they're are threatening to derail the bill if we are not included:
Our primary goal is to pass a commonsense, compassionate immigration reform bill that puts our nation's undocumented men, women and children on a pathway to citizenship. That pathway would provide at least 267,000 LGBT undocumented people the opportunity to become full participants in our economy and our democracy. 
We do not believe that our friends in the evangelical faith community or conservative Republicans would allow the entire immigration reform bill to fail simply because it affords 28,500 same-sex couples equal immigration rights. This take-it-or-leave-it stance with regard to same-sex binational couples is not helpful when we all share the same goal of passing comprehensive immigration reform that provides a path to citizenship. 
We all deserve a chance to live with dignity, to pursue our dreams, and to work for a better future and better quality of life. Our current immigration system is broken. It dehumanizes, scapegoats and vilifies all immigrants, including LGBT immigrants, and their friends and families. Comprehensive, compassionate immigration reform is an urgent priority for our nation and the LGBT community. We stand firmly that the following principles must be included if we are to truly have comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
I'm not feeling this. This could be a mess and I'm not about messy drama. Let the GOP take all the crap for this issue. We can not afford this negative impact. NOM is already using this to their advantage.

I think we should not get so involved that it hurts our chances with the bill. Any thoughts?

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