Effort to Include Gay Partners Threatens Immigration BillEDGE Boston, MAImmigration Equality also denied that the "permanent partners" provision would be the equivalent to marriage equality. "A permanent partnership is not equivalent to marriage. The UAFA does not seek to add same sex couples to the category of spouse in ...As competing visions for immigration policy collide in Congress, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has demonstrated the church’s scorn for same-sex families once again by ditching immigration reform and the associated issues of social justice as viewed in one version of pending legislation, rather than support anything that smacks of family equality for devoted gay and lesbian couples.
A June 3 article in Politico reported on how the church-affiliated organization had dropped its support for the bill in question, called the "Reuniting Families Bill," rather than give support to families suffering enforced separation due to existing policies that refuse to recognize partnerships between same-sex couples.
Effort to Include Gay Partners Threatens Immigration Bill
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