Wednesday, June 17, 2009
One baby step
Today, President Obama is supposed to sign a Presidential Memorandum on Federal Benefits and Non-Discrimination that will grant same sex federal employees' domestic partners, the same benefits that federal employees have as heterosexual couples, domestic partners or married.
Well, not exactly the same benefits...seems that according to a White Paper circulating (see below) there is a problem with full health benefits and the Defense of Marriage Act--or how the administration is reading DOMA.
(http:/thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:h.r.3396.ENR:)
Perchance, also, someone in the White House needs a dictionary to define "non-discrimination"
http://politics.theatlantic/2009/06/white_house_white_paper_on_same-sex_benefits.php
Well, not exactly the same benefits...seems that according to a White Paper circulating (see below) there is a problem with full health benefits and the Defense of Marriage Act--or how the administration is reading DOMA.
(http:/thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:h.r.3396.ENR:)
Perchance, also, someone in the White House needs a dictionary to define "non-discrimination"
http://politics.theatlantic/2009/06/white_house_white_paper_on_same-sex_benefits.php
Labels: DOMA, Obama, same-sex discrimination
