SEN. GRAHAM: "GIVE GAY COUPLES A TAX BREAK"

Orlando Sentinel ^ | 6/14/03 | Tamara Lytle

[Elkiejg]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Bob Graham on Friday began pushing for tax breaks on health-insurance coverage for gay couples and other domestic partners.

Experts speculated that Graham's proposal was part of a larger trend to capture Democratic presidential primary votes by moving to the political left.

"If he's going to survive in the primary, he's got to move farther left," said Roger Handberg, chairman of the political-science department at the University of Central Florida. "He has to get his campaign off zero. It's a building block."

[Elkiejg]

Alert to FL voters - Graham is not only a joke - he's a disgrace.

[ThreePuttinDude]

He's a major joke over here on the west coast.
I think the only supporters he really has are in Miami Lakes.

The Cubans in the Tampa area spit when they mention his name.

[hellinahandcart]

Gee, *I* don't get a tax break on health insurance.

I don't suppose he'd propose making the cost fully deductible for everyone, not just gay couples.

[Clara Lou]

obsessive (notebooks) panderer (gay tax break)

[Tax Government]

Gay couples don't need tax breaks. They have fewer expenses and more disposable income than people in families. Of course, they have more money for campaign contributions, so maybe that explains the senator's urge to kiss their butts.

[GreenHornet]

Tax breaks for the rich!!!! - Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, k.d. Lang, Harvey Firestone, and dozens of other Hollywood libs.

[sergeantdave]

This is the same hypocrite who is trying to force minority farmers and land owners off their property in Florida and give this land to his eco-fascist buddies.

[tupac]

It gives me great pleasure to note that West Virginia does not have the monopoly on friggin' weirdo senators.

[gocats]

I am so sick of the liberals wanting to give everyone my money. I paid $16,000 in taxes last year! I am not rich but a middle class working guy. The liberals are supposed to be looking out for me! I am sick of the federal government taking my money and giving it to people who have made bad life choices.

[boop]

What if THREE people live together? Can they get a "tax break" too?

[savedbygrace]

IIRC, homosexual people have higher incomes statisically than heterosexual people. Therefore, Graham is advocating tax cuts for the rich.

[shiva]

Seems like , "It Pays To Be Gay"

[cars for sale]

aw hell ,what about tax breaks (special ones) for
left handers.....I had to attend all 12 years of formal education using a desk for right handers.To this day ,
my school and many others do not even offer left handed school desks....it's an outrage....tax breaks for
left handers I say.....sarcasm .....off

[judgeandjury]

I don't suppose he'd propose making the cost fully deductible for everyone, not just gay couples.

I wonder if two men, even if they're not gay, could qualify for this tax break by stating that they're a gay couple.

[No Dems 2004]

Isn't it something how not a single Democrat is willing to stand up and champion family values?

Three out of the 9 candidates who've announced they're running have publicly endorsed homosexual marriage. Graham isn't one of them, but the whole gay rights thing has gone completely out of hand. The Republicans would be very wise to resurrect a strong anti-gay, pro-family stance in 2004. They'll make the Demos look like a bunch of San Francisco psychos (which is what most of them are). Honestly, you'd be surprised, guys, but even the likes of Zell Miller and John Breaux are pro-homosexual in most of their votes. It's really sickening.

[bethelgrad]

I will never for the life of me understand how partaking in the vile things homosexuals do somehow qualifies them for any kind of benefit. I truly hope and pray this nation repents.

[AnAmericanMother]

"He has to get his campaign off zero. It's a building block."

Oooooh! A rat building block!

[Uncle Bill]

"I will never for the life of me understand how partaking in the vile things homosexuals do somehow qualifies them for any kind of benefit. I truly hope and pray this nation repents."

Amen.

President Bush has signed a bill allowing death benefits to be paid to the domestic partners

[dagnabbit]

What if THREE people live together? Can they get a "tax break" too?

Why not? Why do these loving "Treys" in long-term committed relationships have to suffer because of bigotry from treyphobists like you? And so what if #3 is a goat?

[The Old Hoosier]

U.S. Sen. Bob Graham on Friday began pushing for tax breaks on health-insurance coverage for gay couples and other domestic partners.

So now I can pay double for their AIDS and other STD medications.