Patrick Leahy actually said...

This simply says that for immigration purposes we are not going to single out these couples and say, 'You cannot sponsor your partner.'

No American should face that kind of a choice.

It is this kind of injustice, this kind of gratuitous cruelty that the Uniting American Families Act would correct.

Federal policy should encourage rather than restrict our opportunity as Americans to sustain the relationships that fulfill our lives.