Evangelicals reject gay partners in immigration bill
Tuesday, June 08, 2010Compiled by Tom Strode, Washington bureau chief for Baptist Press.
WASHINGTON (BP)--Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined other evangelical leaders in opposing an immigration reform proposal if it continues to treat homosexual partners the same as heterosexual married spouses.
The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission signed onto a June 4 statement from the religious rights law firm Liberty Counsel taking exception to a same-sex partners provision in federal legislation being proposed by Sen. Charles Schumer, D.-N.Y.
The bill, which has yet to be introduced, would enable same-sex partners from overseas to become legal citizens of this country in the same way… Read Full Article