Sen. Patrick Leahy Withdraws Amendment To Include Gay Couples In Immigration Reform Bill

[brett_jv]

49. I get it, your points are made throughout the thread, which I read all of ...

You feel that ideological purity is paramount over incremental progress, I get it.

I disagree that this is the best 'course' in this particular case. I think 'some progress' is better than 'no progress'.

It's not like the door is permanently shut on marriage equality just because it's not part of this bill. Gays have been fighting an amazingly good and important fight here, and I wish you all the success in the world. WISH being the key word. I WISH to hell that the bill you're asking for could pass, I believe if all were right in the world, it absolutely would. I support your struggle with ever fiber of my being, honestly. I'm not your enemy, Blue.

You're just going to have to keep fighting, and I know you will, and I will support you however I can. But I cannot bring myself to oppose something that's going to help so many millions who are suffering ... entirely on the behalf of ideological purity. I'm sorry but I cannot. If that makes me evil in your eyes, well ... that's unfortunate. I know I'm not.

And it's not because immigrants are 'more like myself', I'm a 4th gen American Caucasian, and I don't know a single 'illegal' on a personal level in my entire circle of contacts, so it's not like the people who need immigration reform are more like myself either.