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By Karoun Demirjian (contact) 
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 | 2 a.m.
Washington — When President Barack Obama unveiled his blueprint for immigration reform last week, he largely endorsed the Senate’s approach, with a slight twist: Under Obama’s plan, same-sex couples would be entitled to the same immigration rights as heterosexual couples. The difference caught many social conservatives off-guard, some of whom are now openly wondering why, just when the stars were aligning for comprehensive immigration reform, Obama would throw a monkey wrench into the mix. “He is basically pandering to the community,” said Tibi Ellis, a conservative Nevada lobbyist and advocate for immigration reform. “The argument is not about gender, marriage, or anything. ...
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Another Obama poision pill
Obama is forcing Accepting Gay marriage contrary to the Defense of Marriage Act-1996 passed by Clinton. Changing the Defense of Marriage Act is the only acceptable way to address this issue
Based on this it is evident that Obama is try to scuttle the immigration bill to keep it alive as a campaign issue.
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How do morons, psychopaths and mental defectives fare under the new reform bill?
If most these commentors didn't have their hate, they'd have nothing at all.
i wonder how the log cabin republicans feel about this plank.no doubt the elected republicans that had homosexual contact in airport toilet stalls or same sex encounters w/their interns must secretly endorse this.
The country is drowning in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy! Homosexual rights and immigration reform should be last thing the president worries about. Pandering to the minority will not solve the countries problems. Numbers USA has the right idea, check out their internet site.
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If anyone understands "pandering to the community" it is Republicans with the 180 degree shift on all things related to immigration.
One can almost hear the fabric of what was once a great nation being ripped apart every day. So President Obama won re-election" hardly reason to change the Boy Scouts of America membership requirements or destroy moral barriers.
President Obama neither has the political capitol in his bank account or a clear mandate from ALL Americans to do so"
Mr Obama continues to do what he does best" bewilder.
Funny how Republicans can't seem to get the message about inclusiveness. The country is comprised of people other than old, angry white guys -- and until they get that message, "GOP" will continue to mean "Guarantee the Other President."
The "laser-like" focus is on gay rights now. A large influx of gay third worlders is exactly what the country needs. Jobs? Mission unaccomplished.
Anything that rankles republicans is good for the country. And luckily for America, the Greedy OLD Party is, well, old and outdated. For many of those senile get-off-my-lawn! geezers, 2016 is an eternity away and a year they'll never see.
Yesterday the Sun reported "Assembly Democrats' decision Wednesday to banish (Steven) Brooks from their caucus for 'reneging' on his agreement to take a medical leave of absence."
Today the Sun reports "Obama would throw a 'monkey' wrench into the mix."
Brooks a "reneger" -- Obama a "monkey" wrench tosser?
Phrasology of a Lenny Bruce performance or a pulitzer journalist?
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Pandering, I agree. Pandering with our earned income. I don't care what gets you thru the night and certainly O. understands that many of the details are not even discussed let alone divulged to the ignorant peasants (taxpayers) who he's conning into "supporting" his stupidity. Save the nation, infrastructure, citizens, jobs BEFORE giving it away.. Did you catch the Black Congressman who doesn't like "illegal" words when illegal is the most descriptive. He even "misspoke" and referred to illegals as "our citizens." Talk about over the edge.
I am sure the mormons are furious. They hate equality. They hate gays, they hate....
O. does NOT want immigration "reform" or amnesty. Pretends he does so he can hoodwink the public into backing his give-away policies. He has added so many conditions and essentials that the only thing HE will approve is outright giveaway of our revenue to bring more illegals here, give them voting rights so his people can win every subsequent poll. O. can't even do the numbers and keeps asking for more taxes--from working class people. Back months ago on "The View" he said "everyone's" taxes will go up, and up and up and up.
PaulRupp - "ALL Americans"? Really? I think you need to go back to 5th grade social studies class and learn that America is a Democracy and we have elected positions within our government. We have never, ever needed ALL Americans to agree with anything at all. I suppose the All American rule you stated is in the Constitution?
Why is the Right Wing lunatics are constantly trying to change the rules as we go? Name one thing that Bush Cheney did that ALL Americans agreed with.
This is why Washington is broken, unproductive, inefficient, and untrustworthy, and why there's so much divisiveness. This has nothing to do with whether or not you agree with either/both issues, it's whether you think it's appropriate to try to sneak something like this into a bill that had a good chance to pass.
This stupidity applies to both parties. It's never as simple as addressing an issue on which everyone agrees, there's always some nonsense involved that pollutes the entire process.
Great job, elected officials. You continue to get an "F", as far as I'm concerned.
"Obama is gonna take our guns and then force us to marry illegal homosexuals!!"
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I love watching Teahead Repunlicans freak out, i confess..
:-)
Neither Rubio nor the great Heller have suggested the best solution and one already written into law: treat all undocumented people in the USA as we treat Cuban undocumented people, they who get documents and a path to citizenship the minute they land on USA soil.
As usual, the GOP panders to those whom they believe will vote for them, and disregard everyone else.
Immigration law shouldn't have ANY language about sexual preference in it AT ALL. These are two entirely different issues and should be treated as such.
Agreed boftx there is no correlation between gay rights and immigration reform. Just another Democratic way of throwing a wrench in the discussion. The kool-aiders keep drinking it though. Amazing how easy it is for them to be distracted from the primary goal of any legislation.
After discussing the discrimination threshold of juridical roots, the rights of same immigration as not seeing same-sex marriage an inhibition to motion at the present, attorneys are expecting that this law bounces back to like it has been; one law for all personality.