Posted on 09/18/2013 8:46:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Legally married same-sex couples enjoy the same federal rights as other married couples when it comes to pensions, 401(k)s, health plans and other employee benefits, even if they live in states that don’t recognize their union, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
The new guidance is the latest effort by the Obama administration to clarify questions left unanswered after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in June which invalidated part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. …
“This decision represents a historic step toward equality for all American families, and I have directed the department’s agency heads to ensure that they are implementing the decision in a way that provides maximum protection for workers and their families,” said Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. …
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Historic step, perhaps. For families, not on your life.
Mean while the rest of us take it in the a....
Well you know...
“american families”...right.....
What can be done, can be undone.
The queers and the commies may be in charge now, but nothing lasts forever.
Anyone else really sick of the gay stuff 100% of 24/7, all the time?
Why can’t one legally marry their same sex adult sibling?
3% of the population and they are on every channel. The worst is DC. They are invested.
It’s time for another (to use a word the demo-fags really love) “conversation” on notions of federalism.
But let’s not bicker and argue over who killed who ...
The libertarian goal achieved.
Libertarian positions
1.3 Personal Relationships:
“Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.”
They really don’t believe the stories about fire and brimstone. So they want to push it until they’re faced with it.
Yes, I get tired of hearing about gay this and gay that so often. It’s like they are getting in our faces with it.
BULL FREAKING SH1T they do.
The deconstruction of America.
Our federal overlords making yet more unauthorized edicts.
That’s what it was about all along.
So two guy friends or two gal friends who want government goodies can say they are a couple and get all the benefits of a traditional married couple...How bout groups of three and four? This is very sad. We are watching the destruction of social structure kick into high mode.
Only if we (and our spineless representatives) let them. This could be the impetus of the inexorable civil war that is coming. The fed imposing itself and the will of other insane states into EVERY state is going to be a bridge too far.
I'll be writing a very strongly worded e-mail, followed up by phone calls, to the Texas AG today. I'll nicely demand what he plans to do about it.
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