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Posted: 6/17/2009 4:30:10 AM EDT

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WASHINGTON (CNN) –– President Obama will sign a memorandum
Wednesday granting health care and other benefits to the same-sex
partners of federal employees, two senior administration officials said.

President Obama has been criticized by gay rights activists for not doing more since taking office.

The signing will take place in the Oval Office and follows sharp
criticism of the president over a Justice Department motion filed last
week in support of the Defense of Marriage Act –– which opposes
same-sex marriage –– that used the government's interest in opposing
incestuous marriages to support its position against same-sex marriage.

Gay and lesbian advocates have also faulted the Obama administration
for not moving to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy
that bars officials from asking about a service member's sexual
orientation but also bars the service member from revealing it.

The president rankled gay advocates before his inauguration when he
named megachurch pastor the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation
at his swearing-in. Warren, in an interview with Belief.net, likened
homosexuality to bestiality and incest. He also supported California's
Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in that state.

During the Warren controversy, Obama –– who frequently spoke in favor
of gay and lesbian rights during the campaign but has said he opposes
same-sex marriage –– declared himself "a fierce advocate for gay and
lesbian Americans."

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:31:30 AM EDT

[#1]

well that should shut em' up for a little while.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:31:49 AM EDT

[#2]

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:32:18 AM EDT

[#3]

Political pandering by handing out scraps and crumbs.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:35:03 AM EDT

[#4]

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Political pandering by handing out scraps and crumbs.

Between the gays and the minorities, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a conservative, or even a Republican for that matter, in office again the way things are going.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:37:51 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Political pandering by handing out scraps and crumbs.

Between the gays and the minorities, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a conservative, or even a Republican for that matter, in office again the way things are going.

I'm convinced that Republicans really need to step away from gay issues. Gays marrying isn't going to be the end of the world. They are tax payers. Get them concerned about free markets, liberty and fiscal conservatism.

Now, there is a possibility that gays are also born with the socialist gene. If that's the case then......

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:38:11 AM EDT

[#6]

Well shit if he is going to try and appease everybody that complains to him about something not being fair maybe we can bitch a little louder and see what happens.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:40:10 AM EDT

[#7]

This is better than redefining marriage I suppose

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:44:18 AM EDT

[#8]

Sweet any federal employees want to get married?

I wont do the dishes cook or clean it would be just like a normal marriage with out the head games... I almost added sex but then I remembered married guys don't get any anyways.

hell in fact it will be better because I will live at my house.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:45:52 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Political pandering by handing out scraps and crumbs.

Between the gays and the minorities, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a conservative, or even a Republican for that matter, in office again the way things are going.

I'm convinced that Republicans really need to step away from gay issues. Gays marrying isn't going to be the end of the world. They are tax payers. Get them concerned about free markets, liberty and fiscal conservatism.

Now, there is a possibility that gays are also born with the socialist gene. If that's the case then......

I don't care what they do so long as it doesn't concern me. However, there's no good reason to paired up gays preferential tax treatment as compared to single people. I would rather just do away with all the benefits, gay and straight, and have us all on a level playing field rather than hand out more undeserved entitlements. Oh well, equality is just a word to manipulate with for certain segments of society. It's the only "bigoted" conservatives who have been screwed by our welfare society who really understand its meaning - equal, good or bad.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:47:01 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Political pandering by handing out scraps and crumbs.

Between the gays and the minorities, I'm not sure if we'll ever see a conservative, or even a Republican for that matter, in office again the way things are going.

I'm convinced that Republicans really need to step away from gay issues. Gays marrying isn't going to be the end of the world. They are tax payers. Get them concerned about free markets, liberty and fiscal conservatism.

Now, there is a possibility that gays are also born with the socialist gene. If that's the case then......

I don't care what they do so long as it doesn't concern me. However, there's no good reason to paired up gays preferential tax treatment as compared to single people. I would rather just do away with all the benefits, gay and straight, and have us all on a level playing field rather than hand out more undeserved entitlements. Oh well, equality is just a word to manipulate with for certain segments of society. It's the only "bigoted" conservatives who have been screwed by our welfare society who really understand its meaning - equal, good or bad.

I agree 100%

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:48:20 AM EDT

[#11]

How much is this expected to cost?

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:49:46 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
well that should shut em' up for a little while.

right, i get the feeling that this is not something he really cares about but does because his numbers are starting to fall. but that is who he is, every decision he makes is one that is based on how it will effect public opinon. thats why this guy is scary and not good for the country- he enables demagoguery and only does things if it helps him, not the country.

Posted: 6/17/2009 4:50:40 AM EDT

[#13]

So, do the gays actually have to be "married" or living in a state that recognizes such "marriages", or can two guys or women simply shack up and claim that they are "married" to get the benefits?