GAYS DEFEND MARRIAGE

Once again, the opposition to enshrining same-sex relationships in American law has shown itself to be utterly tone-deaf. According to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council,

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the “Uniting American Families Act,” a bill that would allow homosexuals to immigrate to the U.S. with their partners under the same resident status as married spouses. As FRC has argued, there is no reason for Congress to carve out an exception to the immigration rule to accommodate these “partnerships.” In my written testimony, which was submitted today to the Judiciary Committee, I reiterated the fact that “families” are legally recognized by blood, marriage, or adoption. In other words, these same-sex “partnerships” don’t constitute “family” relationships. 

Arguing in favor of privileged male-female relationships (which I do here all the time) does not require alienating millions of common-sense readers and voters who know that two gay guys and a cat (or whatever) are, indeed, a family. Even if he believes a couple of lesbians and their baby are not a family, he’s only making a semantic and definitional argument here, which can be addressed by the other side saying, “Well, OK, let’s change the definition.”

I don’t support adding a whole new classification of people who have the right to go to the head of the visa and citizenship line based on who they have sex with and how. If someone wants to present to me a Salt Lake City style immigration bill, I’ll look at it.