It ain't at all like with the Negroes!

[lsanderson]

President Obama will sign a presidential memorandum on Wednesday to extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, administration officials said Tuesday evening, but he will stop short of pledging full health insurance coverage. Link

After all, they never got any benefits, did they?

Comments

[supergee.livejournal.com]

DOMA won't let them do the health coverage.

[yarram.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100% up to date on it, but what little I've heard coming from the White House on DOMA is... conflicting at best, and downright discouraging at worst.

Si! But...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/breaking-hrc-and-former-top-clinton.html
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0609/Obama_to_extend_benefits_to_samesex_partners.html

I'd be more impressed if he was in front of this rather than being pushed from the rear.

[mle292.livejournal.com]

And DOMA is unconstitutional as hell, but that doesn't stop anyone.