Immigrants and Gays Tie the Knot

Here is an interesting article on how the immigrant movement is now, more or less, joining forces with the pink grass roots.

Though at first I was a bit skeptical of this holy union, being that immigrants (mainly Mexicans) would be a bit reluctant to support gay marriage at all. But since many of these Mexican immigrants are now doubting Catholic Church moral authority on social issues this new breed of an alliance is something that can and should work.

It is a fact that coalitions tend to work best when groups help each other out to achieve their each individual goal. And here we have, what I think, to be modest and politically and economically feasible objectives: amnesty and gay marriage.

I must stress that the two are not the same thing as gay marriage is based, at least in my opinion, on constitutional proscriptions whereas amnesty for immigrants is wholly based on political will.

But still, gay marriage can indeed benefit from support not only from prospective new voters but also their allies, family, friends who are now evidently becoming more active and are voting in droves.

We need these votes, especially in key states, to ensure gay marriage is secured and protected not just by the courts but they population at large. In turn, the gay community has embraced the immigrant cause and with this comes, as I've noticed, great rewards. Latino communities are now becoming more aware about gay rights, denouncing homophobia, and are becoming more tolerant of homosexuality than decades before. And with Latinos becoming the fastest growing population in America this alternating piggyback relationship can no longer be overlooked.