We were there to tell our stories about the fight for immigration rights and how marriage inequality does not let us sponsor our partners for immigration purposes.
We then moved to a subcommittee hearing chaired by Sup. Campos to decide if the City of San Francisco should put forward a resolution urging California's elected officials to support the inclusion of same-sex binationals in immigration reform. The resolution, drafted by O4I members Amos Lim and Erik Schnabel, was approved to advance to a vote by the entire Board of Supervisors later this month.
Following the hearing, the group rushed downtown for a 12:30 appointment to deliver a petition with more than 6,000 signatures started by Amos and picked up by MoveOn to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office. The petition urges the Senator to support our inclusion in the immigration reform bill.
KTVU News was on the scene and interviewed volunteer Gina Caprio. We became part of a larger news story on the evening news devoted to groups who fear being left out of comprehensive immigration reform. The clip is archived here: https://twitter.com/out4immigration/status/335452591414730752
Once again thanks to the volunteers who came out for this midweek action - Amos, Erik, Gina, Judy, Chris, Kathy, John, Martha, Trey, Ashlee, Ky and supporters from MoveOn, the San Francisco faith community and Supervisor Campos.
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