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Domestic partners eligible for pensions in Atlanta
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 3/26/6
| Jeffry Scott
Posted on 03/26/2006 5:09:59 PM PST by Crackingham
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To: Crackingham
This can't happen in Texas, because the new constitutional amendment banning "gay" marriages also prohibits local jurisdictions from recognizing any marriage like relationships that are not actually marriages defined as being between one man and one woman.
To: Crackingham
"While the issue of gay marriage is being fought in courtrooms in at least seven states and in Georgia in 2004, voters overwhelming passed an amendment making gay marriage illegal governments are quietly and increasingly extending marriage benefits to unmarried couples."
Gay marriage versus benefits for domestic partners are two completely different issue.
The government should not recognize gay marriage because legally marriage is an something the state incents to provide the best possible conditions for raising a family.
Domestic partner benefits are a market function... in the Atlanta labor market it may be smart for an employer to offer them. Somewhere else it may not make economic sense.
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posted on
03/26/2006 5:25:37 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: Crackingham
Does anyone know if this provision applies retroactively, i.e., if former employees of the city of Atlanta already receiving pensions can designate a "domestic partner" as a pension beneficiary in the event of their deaths?
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posted on
03/26/2006 5:28:23 PM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(Freedom isn't free--no, there's a hefty f'in fee--and if you don't throw in your buck-o-5, who will?)
To: Crackingham
Gee, does 'domestic partner' also apply to non same-sex couples who live together? Didn't think so, it's only for another 'protected class' of sickos.
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posted on
03/26/2006 5:35:21 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(We in the U.S. know the rest of the world is nearly useless and we're sick of carrying their asses!)
To: Looking4Truth
"Gee, does 'domestic partner' also apply to non same-sex couples who live together? Didn't think so"
If that's true it would completely change my opinion above - it is totally wrong to discriminate against unmarried heterosexual couples because of their sexual orientation.
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posted on
03/26/2006 5:44:31 PM PST
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: Looking4Truth
Gee, does 'domestic partner' also apply to non same-sex couples who live together?What if my daughter and I live together for 20 years and financially support each other and jointly run our household? Does that make us "domestic partners"? We should be entitled to the same benefits extended to two men living together. This is opening a can of worms, but it should apply across the board, not just to a selected "class".
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:00:29 PM PST
by
PistolPaknMama
(Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
To: PistolPaknMama
You are correct it is opening a can of worms. I hope it gets opened in a big way because I for one am damn sick and tired of every whining protected-class getting special 'programs' and treatment.
Signed, Angry Heterosexual Christian Working Taxpaying White Male :-)
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:11:19 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(We in the U.S. know the rest of the world is nearly useless and we're sick of carrying their asses!)
To: Crackingham
Government has so much money to burn, you see, that it must look for new reasons to bestow benefits on people. Have sex, get benefits. Gee, it's kind of like the government is the pimp.
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posted on
03/26/2006 6:20:54 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Looking4Truth; potlatch; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; Zacs Mom; Lady Jag; Liz; DoughtyOne; bitt; Boazo; ...
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NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:34:34 PM PST
by
devolve
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Gee, it's kind of like the government is the pimp. Ahhh, have a heart. Hollyweird has told us how hard it is out there being a pimp. :-)
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:39:02 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(We in the U.S. know the rest of the world is nearly useless and we're sick of carrying their asses!)
To: devolve
Oprah and Hitlery. Thanks a lot. You know that you owe me a keyboard now. :-)
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:39:45 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(We in the U.S. know the rest of the world is nearly useless and we're sick of carrying their asses!)
To: devolve
I never watch Opra so never have seen that picture before. It has to be pretty old by the looks of Hillary.
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:43:21 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: devolve
![](http://www.websophist.com/HILLARY_CLINTON_KISSES_SOHA_ARAFAT_AFTER_SOHAS_TERRORIST_SPEECH.jpg)
Hillary Clinton kisses
Soha Arafat after
Soha's terrorist speech
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posted on
03/26/2006 8:47:12 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and world domination)
To: Looking4Truth
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:35:15 PM PST
by
devolve
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To: potlatch; Lady Jag; Alamo-Girl; Mia T; doug from upland; Zacs Mom; dixiechick2000; ...
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:54:48 PM PST
by
devolve
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To: devolve
To: devolve
It turned out very good! The frame is red on the forum and blue here in the comment box. I never remember why that can happen!!
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posted on
03/26/2006 9:58:48 PM PST
by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: devolve
LOL! I've got your ice right here! Kiss it! :-)
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posted on
03/26/2006 10:02:33 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(We in the U.S. know the rest of the world is nearly useless and we're sick of carrying their asses!)
To: potlatch
Hillary said that Suha photo op was the biggest mistake of her 2000 campaign -
Her handlers say that Hillary is going to erase those photos from view and the internet - as they are the big negative as she runs in 2008 -
Whoops!
Now they are all over the Red states and even the Blue states -
Not that anyone will be uploading them and emailing them to all of their liberal dingbat friends and relatives now.....
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posted on
03/26/2006 10:09:46 PM PST
by
devolve
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