The Reuniting Families Act

I’ve always found it darkly hilarious that while vehement red-faced old white men will sputter and protest and rabble old men words until they are hoarse in protest of gay marriage and gay adoption, these same cobwebby, balding boyos will smile and nod at the wife beaters and crack whores and child molesters who snarl, toting their child and/or spouse along with some body part visibly bruised or broken, mumbling about how clumsy said prisoner is.

“No, Mr. Williams, I don’t want you adopting because you are in love with a man. But if you marry this woman over here, you can adopt a child. Sure, sure! You can even beat them both. Hell, I don’t care, as long as you’ve got opposite interior plumbing.”

Discrimination against LGBT families runs rampant in this country, and keeping rightful children from their parents is not only a heinous violation of parental rights; it is also one of the most abusive things you can do to a child who desperately needs his or her parents.

Enter the Reuniting Families Act. Sponsored by Democratic Congressmen Mike Honda of California, this bill would enable families torn apart from such discrimination to be reunited. Though this bill is specifically targeted at reuniting immigrant families who have been torn apart by current legislation, it is including GLBT families—making it the first bill in history to include GLBT families as part of such a law.

The act will allow gays and lesbians to sponsor their partners for immigration, a much-needed right in America.

To lend your support to this bill, click here.