Posted on 04/04/2008 10:14:51 AM PDT by kingattax
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told Ellen DeGeneres that she will work to ensure that same-sex couples such as the talk show host and her partner Portia de Rossi are treated fairly.
"I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people like you and Portia and others have a chance to have, you know, rights to be able to go to the hospital, to inherit property, to make sure that you can list somebody as a beneficiary on an insurance policy," Clinton said in an interview to air Monday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
"That's all we want is to be fair," DeGeneres responded. "I like it. I like it."
Clinton has said she would defend gay rights as president and eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax policy.
When asked how the New York senator deals with criticism and calls for her to stop her presidential campaign, Clinton told DeGeneres it was nothing new.
"You know, boys used to say that to me all the time," the former first lady said.
Clinton said she continues because there are still states left to vote and the contest between her and rival Barack Obama is close.
"Why would I quit?" Clinton said. "This country is worth fighting for. I'm having a good time. I'm enjoying going out there and talking to people."
Did they kiss on TV?
I was unaware that lesbians were not allowed to go to the hospital, or make out wills.
“This country is worth fighting for”
Ha, love the pretend patriotism there.
Of course, Ellen and Portia, not to mention Hillary and Huma, have all those rights right now and don't need the rest of us to distort the meaning of marriage beyond all common sense to secure them. Does anyone seriously imagine that Ellen de Generes can't go to the hospital, inherit or bequeath property, or name a beneficiary on an insurance policy, without forcing the rest of us to recognize "gay marriage". People can name their PETS as beneficiaries in their wills, for crying out loud.
Liberals think we're all morons and will believe anything.
If I'm not mistaken, one can already name anyone as beneficiary on an insurance policy.
Funny, the clip they played on Fox this morning was only about those mean boys.
Which one’s which?
Hey idiot, they already have those rights..
.. ellen and her 'partner' portia...what a waste
Someone should ask H! just exactly what rights do normal people have that gays do not?...............
"Witch one's witch"?
What is Clinton talking about? I've heard the complaint that some hospitals don't let non-family members visit seriously ill patients. But what's stopping a lesbian or gay man from naming a mate in a will or as the beneficiary on an insurance policy? Sounds like a lot of hooey to me. Why doesn't the MSM call her on rubbish like this?
That’s gonna make Huma jealous.
How absurd the debate about gay rights and gay marriage can get sometimes.
They are implying that gay people are not allowed to go to a hospital?
They are implying that gay people can’t draw up a will and leave their assets to anyone they choose?
They are implying that gay people can’t name a partner or anyone else as a beneficiary of an insurance policy?
The lack of intellectual honesty in the gay debate is beyond the pale.
If marriage rights are so important, why is it that fewer than 10% of gay couples in relationships in Massachusetts have gotten married? Why are less than 20% of such couples in California registered in the domestic partnerships offered by California?
Why did gays in Mass. protest that many companies were terminating partnership employment benefits, since these people can now get married? Some companies offer benefits to domestic partners specifically because they can’t get married, and they are trying to do something for their homosexual employees. When same sex marriage became legal in Mass., some companies were terminating the partnerships benefits, because now those people could get married instead. But many didn’t want to get married, they just wanted to continue the partnership benefits without getting married, which was supposedly a key goal.
FYI, I recall in the fall of 1992, post-election, seeing a story on the front page of the NY Times about gays in the military. It was the first time I’d ever seen this topic broached as a news item. It mentioned how the Clinton administration planned to change policy. To this day, I believe this was initiated by Hillary, whose sexual orientation I suspect leans in that direction.
There...Fixed it!
It's not for us, it's for them...
Man, people are messed up these days.
Romans 1:25-27 tells us that same-sex sexual relationships are a consequence of idolatry. In other words, such relationships are a consequence of disobeying the 1ST COMMANDMENT, a major aspect of the GREATEST COMMANDMENT, to love the jealous God with all your being.
Homosexuals need to keep in mind, however, that the good news of the gospel is not about how God despises same-sex sexual relationships. In fact, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 indicates that certain members of that church had been slaves to such relationships but had been cleansed in Jesus' name. So these former homosexual had evidently repented and accepted God's grace to straighten their lives out.
John 3:16
Revelation 3:20
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