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Amnesty for same-sex couples?

By Alliance Alert

Mark Tooley writing at The American Spectator: "Liberal Democratic Senators Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced their 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act' on September 29 . . . It also includes a 'Uniting American Families Act' (UAFA) allowing 'permanent partners' of U.S. citizens, which seems to mean same-sex couples, to obtain U.S. residency . . . Speaking for the Catholic bishops, who typically support liberalized immigration, Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City reportedly wrote Senator Menendez explaining 'that a controversial provision, which would confer marriage-like immigration benefits to same-sex couples,' would 'preclude the U.S. bishops from supporting' it as introduced."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 18, 2010 (boomark / email).