Not immigration/DOMA related but very interesting read: Basically support for Civil Union has grown ever so slightly (57% support, 37% oppose), whereas support for gay marriage continues on an up and down trend (53% oppose, 39% support), with little significant change over the past 6 years.
President Obama has stated that he wants to establish Federal Civil Union so gay and lesbian couples can enjoy all the federal rights. Since taking office though, he has said very little on the issue. The problem is that Federal Civil Union would very likely piss off the left as much as it would the right. Those who favor marriage would see this as an insult to the community, and that President Obama just wanted to throw us a bone and get us out of his way. The Right wouldn't be happy either because to them anything remotely resembling marriage is an abomination.
So I guess that proposal is permanently off the table now.
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