No Death Benefits for Studds's Spouse

Washington Post ^ | October 18, 2006

[SkyPilot]

"Sorry Peter that you are not getting my $114,337 a year. But things are not as bad as you think - - you are still alive, and I am in Hell."

[ladyjane]

The federal government has refused to pay death benefits to the spouse...

Does that mean that Studds' spouse actually applied for benefits? Does that mean that Studds had set up the appropriate accounts for his spouse?

[Godwin1]

Why is this even a story? The federal government doesn't recognize same sex unions. Maybe, if the democrats win the House, the Senate and the presidency, this will change. More likely, liberal/Democrat federal judges, who've already fabricated a constitutional right to sodomy, will look into the Constitution and declare that unnatural unions repugnant to the wholesome imagination are sacrosanct under our founding document. But we are not there. Yet. Elections matter.

[longtermmemmory]

They are already here.

Watch the homosexual lobby is now going to push this specific instance because of the congressional connection.

Was studds respected by his collegues? The homosexual lobby will try and do the anecdotal push on this BS.

[carola]

Yes, isn't it amazing that the MSM is playing this as a sob story in light of what they have been doing on the Foley story? Studds gets to boink a page, be reelected five times, retire at his leisure, marry and now it is so sad that his husband won't get any of his pension. Meanwhile, the MSM wants anyone who had any inkling that Foley liked young men to resign or be kicked out of Congress. Really amazing.

I wonder what people would have thought had Brian Ross delivered an honest story on Foley. "It has been learned that Congressman Mark Foley of Florida exchanged lewd IM messages with an 18-year-old former page." The response would have been, "Uh, okay, so what?"

[LibKill]

This is not a "spouse". This is a catamite (butt-boy).

Catamites are not eligible for pensions.

[redhead]

"LOL! Peter Graves. "Stop calling me Shirley."

"So, I put on my tangerine lip gloss, and met him at the door. I was one lucky woman..."

[Retired Chemist]

I've seen several headlines referring to him as Studd's 'husband.'

[OldPossum]

BTW, I think they are trying to change the law so that lawmakers convicted of felonies will lose their pensions as well.

There is precedence for this. I was told (and later confirmed by reading the statute) that Illinois state workers who retire can lose their pension if they are convicted of a felony in their retirement. Other states may have similiar laws.

[I_Like_Spam]

the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act bars the federal government from recognizing Studds's marriage
Signed by President Clinton

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Without a doubt, President Clinton's greatest accomplishment and legacy. Shows there is some good in all administrations.