An LGBT rights supporter waves an "equality flag" on Capitol Hill in 2017. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP photo congress By JESUS RODRIGUEZ 10/11/2018 12:16 PM EDT Updated 10/11/2018 03:01 PM EDT Twenty Democratic senators on Thursday urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reverse course on the "unnecessarily cruel" decision to end an Obama-era policy that granted visas to the same-sex partners of LGBTQ diplomats whose unions are not recognized by their home countries.