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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:56 AM Original message |
Obama is setting it up for full recognition of the Gay community? |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not full benefits, no |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. AP says Health Benefits included. Guess we'll have to wait and see what the President says |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Not so much |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Well that's disappointing.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Has what? |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Full benefits?" What "full benefits" are you referring to? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's what I'm trying to figure out |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Health Benefits.. better put that in my op.. thanks for the heads up |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. But the news so far is that health benefits are *not* being extended to LGBT people today. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I was reading CNN.. and here is the link |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Fair enough. I read differently in the NY Times. We'll have to wait and see. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. NYT has the news this morning. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Thanks for your link... I hope CNN has this right this time..because |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. How many benefits do federal employees get, anyway?? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Oh my gosh.. being able to take off work to take care of a family member.. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That is handy. It never would've even occurred to me that one could get paid while doing that. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Uhhmm... this link is stale. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. If Obama does anything bad, he's an obvious homophobe |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Ya know, if he just said this I would be happy: "I know the gay community is hurting and has... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Actually he has. He may not have stated in that way but he has stated his position several times. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. He hasn't said it, at least not while he's been president. And he should address the DOJ DOMA... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It's been a constant cacaphony of silence... |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. You may have a point. I didn't see the correlation at first but he did the same with Health care. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. vabrella, that was the first thing that hit me when I opened up the CNN site |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Your point is definitely valid...huh. I have to see how many times he's done this. |
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