Did anyone see this last night or have the video?
DOBBS: Let me begin with you. Federal law does not recognize same-sex partnership. Why should immigration and naturalization, why should that agency recognize it?
NADLER: Because the United States government should not be cruel to people except when absolutely necessary. And to keep loving couples apart, to say that you can't be with your -- with your -- with your partner in the United States or given the laws of the other country, your partner can't be with you in the other country, you can't be together at all, is simply cruel and it's inhuman and there's no reason to do it and the United States government should not work gratuitous cruelty.
DOBBS: Mr. Seminara, why do you say that's a bad idea on a humanitarian grounds as Congressman Nadler says, he makes a persuasive case?
DAVID SEMINARA, FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: Well, first of all, Lou, I'm not against the idea of same-sex marriages and civil unions -- excuse me -- civil unions or domestic partnerships. But I think the problem with this bill is that it puts the cart before the horse, in that it creates a relationship, legal status in immigration law that does not exist here in the United States and has simply no legal standing. It will create tremendous opportunities for fraud in the category of visas that's already ripe with abuse.
NADLER: With all due respect, that's nonsense. We do not have gay marriage. This is not part of the gay marriage debate. It is simply an attempt to stop being cruel to couples unnecessarily and to their children. more...
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