“The speaker supports Congressman Nadler’s efforts in this area and has co-sponsored the measure in the past” said Drew Hammill, Deputy Press Secretary for Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

While most supporters of the bill agree, that part of the key to successful passage is the education of Americans about current policy, some worry that the gay community itself has not been exercising its own political activist connections in seeking eventual passage. They point out that current immigration policy is one of the most blatant, clearly spelled out examples of lesbian and gay inequality in the United States.

“The first thing is to tell gay people that this point in time, they are not equal to straight men and women in the United States” said Sebastian Cordoba.

“To educate America at large about this painful issue, is just too much for one little film” he said of his film “Through Thick and Thin”.

Cordoba hopes his film reaches, and inspires the gay community to be more actively involved in politics, and that all Americans who see it are able to relate to the basic human emotions communicated by its subjects.

If the tears flowing down faces at the viewing this past February were any indication, the film’s doing its job in showing the devastating impact that politics can have on human beings and their day to day lives.

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