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tonysam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 02:43 PM
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Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits
A federal judge today ordered compensation for a Los Angeles couple denied spousal benefits by the federal government because they are gay men.

U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt deemed the denial of healthcare and other benefits to the spouse of federal public defender Brad Levenson to be a violation of the Constitution's guarantee of due process and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, which is prohibited by California state law.

Levenson married his longtime partner, Tony Sears, on July 12, 2008, during the five-month period when same-sex marriage was legal in California. A ballot measure, Proposition 8, was passed a year ago defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 02:45 PM
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1. K&R!
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 02:50 PM
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2. A sensible decision.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:16 PM
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3. K&R
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:18 PM
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4. I keep getting an error when I click on the link. n/t
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tonysam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:32 PM
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6. It works for me. n/t
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 05:15 PM
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7. says error 101 unknown error
Edited on Wed Nov-18-09 05:16 PM by pleah
The webpage at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/judge-orders-compensation-for-gay-couple-denied-benefits.html might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
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tandot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-18-09 03:25 PM
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5. So, despite DOMA, the federal government must pay for the benefits of the same-sex spouse
since the compensation will be used to buy the insurance for the same-sex spouse.


I think I already hear freeper heads exploding :evilgrin:
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