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Obama: Including LGBTs in Immigration Reform Is the “Right Thing to Do”

The LGBT community should be treated like everybody else. That’s the essential core principle behind our founding documents. The idea that we’re all created equal and we’re equal before the law…And so Senator Leahy may present this provision in committee, it may be presented on the floor. It will be one of many amendments and provisions, some of which I support. Some of which I think are really bad ideas…I can tell you I think that the provision is the right thing to do. I’ll also tell you that I’m not going to get everything I want in this bill. Republicans are not going to get everything they want in this bill.”

President Obama at a press conference in Costa Rica addressing his contentious battle with Congress over the immigration reform bill, via Towleroad.

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