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furrbearFrom Pam's House Blend:
Too Little. Too Late. The Gheys Are Not Going to Stop, Mr President.
A heads up from Dallas Principles co-author Paul Yandura via email:A paltry pittance designed to buy our silence. I guess they can't do more because of DOMA, huh?1. Chuck Todd on the Rachel Maddow show said that the benefits will not extend past this administration since it is a "memorandum" not an Executive Order-and will actually expire when Obama leaves office.
2. The Advocate is reporting that the "same sex partner benefits" will not include health benefits or retirement, the only benefit they have identified is relocation costs for a partner. See the quote below from Len Hirsch, President of Federal GLOBE:"Our analysis has been that it will take an act of Congress for the full suite of benefits such as health benefits and retirement benefits to be provided for same-sex couples and families," said Leonard Hirsch, president of Federal Globe: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Employees of the Federal Government. Hirsch said the executive branch has the authority to extend a suite of other benefits, which would include things like providing relocation costs for a partner.
Too Little. Too Late. The Gheys Are Not Going to Stop, Mr President.
