One of the most vocal supporters of immigration reform has been the Catholic Church. But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will not support an immigration bill that includes protections for gay and lesbian couples. KPCC’s Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde has the story.
Kitty Felde: Congressman Mike Honda has introduced a bill to expand the definition of immigrant families eligible to stay in the U.S. Under Honda’s bill, a widow who’s not a legal U.S. resident could stay if her husband dies. Same for widowers and orphans.
But Honda’s written in a provision so someone who’s gay can sponsor a same-sex partner for legal U.S. residency. Honda, who’s a Democrat from San Jose, says for him, including same-sex partners is a civil rights issue.
Congressman Mike Honda: When the founders wrote “All men are created equal,” we know today that we have included, we can change that into man, woman, blacks, whites. And today’s just another step of evolving and understanding that when we say all families, we do mean all families.
Catholic Bishops wont support immigration bill for gay families (KPCC Public Radio)
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