Posted on 02/05/2009 10:26:13 PM PST by Steelfish
Federal judge rules denial of health coverage to same-sex spouse unconstitutional 10:54 AM, February 5, 2009.
A federal judge has deemed unconstitutional the government’s denial of healthcare coverage and other benefits to the same-sex spouse of a Los Angeles public defender, calling into question the validity of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt said the federal government’s refusal to grant spousal benefits to Tony Sears, the husband of deputy federal public defender Brad Levenson, amounted to unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex and sexual orientation.
“Because there is no rational basis for denying benefits to the same-sex spouses of [Federal Public Defender] employees while granting them to the opposite-sex spouses of FPD employees, I conclude that the application of [federal statutes] so as to reach that result is unconstitutional,” Reinhardt wrote in an order to the U.S. Courts administration to submit Levenson’s benefits election form.
The ruling was issued Monday and published Wednesday.
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Freedom was never intended to be a trophy for perverts, reprobates and degenerates....
“Our constitution is for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other” — John Adams
A federal judge has deemed unconstitutional the government’s denial of healthcare coverage and other benefits to the same-sex spouse of a Los Angeles public defender, calling into question the validity of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
Nonsense. These Judges are out of control and are not ruling on Consitutionality but on their personal issues. They should be removed from office for failure to do their duty.
No matter how many times you read the Consitution you will not find any language that indicates that homosexuals are to receive special consideration due to their perversions....
Politics and religion have always been mixed. But that NEVER included same-sex “marriage”.
Since every attempt at sanity in an insane world, would somebody tell me what, other than immoral, unhealthy or illegal, IS Constitutional?
We are living in a despotic state, run by judges, who care not one twit for the Constitution or what it means.
Deo vindice
DOMA falls as predicted and INTENDED this is why clinton signed it.
A federal marriage amendment is now needed.
Reinhardt, Stephen Roy
Born 1931 in New York, NY
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on November 30, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; Confirmed by the Senate on September 11, 1980, and received commission on September 11, 1980.
Education:
Pomona College, B.A., 1951
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1954
Professional Career:
U.S. Air Force, 1954-1956
Law clerk, Hon. Luther W. Youngdahl, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1956-1957
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1957-1980
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
“Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the rights of individuals by government, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships.”
National Platform of the Libertarian Party
Adopted in Convention, May 2008, Denver, Colorado
More legislating from the bench. Will California just hurry up and break off please.
A Carter-appointed leftist/activist judge. This is not surprising. It’s just one more piece of their plan to socialize healthcare and to eliminate morality in America (a two-fer).
Once everyone has the same crappy “healthcare plan” there will supposedly be no discrepancies or discrimination. No problems. Everyone will be miserable. Except that....federal employees will get better healthcare than us peons that refuse to take a Big Brother government job. As usual, there IS no equality when dealing with leftists/socialists/Marxists. Equality is just part of their fascade/lie.
And yet still no birth certificate case has been heard.
What Constitution do we have that the judges of the current time do not p1ss on and sh1t on daily? And once defiled they demand we worship their stains. Insanity!
Well, I'm not an expert in it, but I am well aware that under the "sodomy laws," it was illegal for a man and woman to engage in anything but procreative sex. (It's kind of a funny thought to think of colonial Hillary Clinton being executed for giving a Lewinsky to Bill.)
And, of course, anyone who knows the history knows that these laws were not against homosexuals, but against anyone...regardless of the gender (or species) of the recipient. So yes, religion crept into the law, but that's going to happen and is part of the community values, but it did not discriminate between homosexuality and heterosexuality until the laws were perverted (pardon) later on.
Secondly, though, I admit being unable to find a reference to a federal law against homosexuality or sodomy in general from the time of the fathers. Please enlighted this "ignorant" FReeper as to where that is.
Thanks.
Agreed. But in many cases, the Federal government acts in accordance with state law.
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Check the blackrobe’s home computer for Nambla porn and if he resides in one of the civilized states, arrest him, clink him, and put him on the sexual predator list.
Yup, sodomy laws used to cover both heterosexual and homosexual sodomy. No distinction was made. The Texas law singled out homosexual sodomy.
I guess you should check out your own sources.
Wrong. The federal government DOES NOT recognize marriage between two adults of the same sex - per DOMA.
Where, exactly, does it say in the constitution we have the right to healthcare?
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