Media continue to falsely suggest Palin supports benefits for same-sex couples

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Thu Sep-18-08 05:19 AM
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Media continue to falsely suggest Palin supports benefits for same-sex couples

(There is nothing unconstitutional about granting benefits to same-sex couples.)

Summary: In recent reports, McClatchy News Service and the Las Vegas Sun falsely suggested that Gov. Sarah Palin supports benefits for same-sex partners of state employees. In fact, while Palin did veto a bill that would have prevented state officials from granting spousal benefits to same-sex couples, she stated that she did so because the Alaska attorney general had advised her that the bill was unconstitutional, not because she supported spousal benefits for same-sex couples.

More: http://mediamatters.org/items/200809170004?lid=604679&rid=14618301

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