Sen. Clinton co-sponsors bill on domestic partner benefits

Buffalo News ^ | 6/14/2003 | By DOUGLAS TURNER

[NYpeanut]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., announced Friday she is co-sponsoring a bill to give domestic partners of federal employees, whether of the same or opposite sex, the same benefits as federal employees' legal spouses - including health insurance. "Longtime domestic partners should enjoy the same benefits afforded other couples, whether it's health insurance, inheritance, property rights or taxes. These are Americans who have made a commitment to one another, and they should not be denied benefits," Clinton said.

The original sponsors are Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.

"At a time when there is a substantial salary gap between government and private-sector employees with similar jobs, it simply makes sense to add a low-cost benefit to help attract more qualified people to the federal government, and make it easier to retain them once they start work," Frank said.

"It is fundamentally wrong that domestic partners of gay, lesbian, and heterosexual federal employees are excluded from receiving the benefits available to opposite-sex spouses," Dayton said.

Clinton also is co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal to deny any citizen an education, a job, a home, immigration or any other opportunity because of his or her sexual orientation.

e-mail: dturner@buffnews.com

[NYpeanut]

Does a domestic partner have to be human?

[noexcuses]

"Longtime domestic partners..

Hillary, please define "longtime".

[7 x 77]

The book money is not enough, she also needs these benefits? Does she get a set of benefits for each partner?

[Salvation]

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[Torie]

This could be fraud city, unless something is filed that gives the partner property rights ala a spouse in the event of a "divorce." Offering up this alternative to hetero couples really doesn't make any sense.

[Cindy]

[lowbridge]

Does a domestic partner have to be human?

Or above the age of 18?

[Allegra]

The moral issues here aside, look at how open to fraud this would be. And who would be paying for all these bogus benefits? That's right...you and me.

[Cindy]

International Healing Foundation

[ApesForEvolution]

Hillary: the face of communism.

Coming to a theater near YOU!

[Clara Lou]

Hillary continues to be her revolting, pandering self.

[NYpeanut]

Or how about adult unemployed children?

[ChadGore]

Sounds like her and Rosie got their own flat in the village.

[dennisw]

"At a time when there is a substantial salary gap between government and private-sector employees with similar jobs.........

A lousy stinkin' lie. Fed employees are doing great and never get fired or laid off. Count in their bennies and they do much better than the private sector. Ever wonder why a well paid lawyer agitates, contributes and bribes to get a Federal judgeship? The pension, less stress and great work hours.

[Dan from Michigan]

HELL NO! I don't want pay my money for that.

[joesnuffy]

Interesting to see who she has in mind for first lady if she ever got herself elected

[Kuksool]

{This could be fraud city, unless something is filed that gives the partner property rights ala a spouse in the event of a "divorce." Offering up this alternative to hetero couples really doesn't make any sense}

A friend of mine works for a company that offers domestic partnerships. Her company defines domestic partner as any adult who shares the same address as the employee. Thus it could mean anybody.

[cake_crumb]

What's a 'long time domestic partner'? A bigamist's second wife? Bubba's mistresses? The maid? I men, it doesn't specify the type of domestic partnership...

And even if she cleans up the language, I, for one, do not want to be forced to pay for gay governent emplyees partners' AIDS treatments and hemmoroid operations.

I read about a gay advocacy group recently that CUT INSURENCE BENEFITS TO IT'S OWN WORKERS, because the cost of the insurance was just too high. Wish I could remember the name of the group. It's a big one.

[chicagolady]

That is why she is showing up at all the lesbian bookstores to promote her book!!!!!!!!!!!

[cake_crumb]

Uh...correction: CUT INSURENCE BENEFITS TO IT'S OWN WORKERS' PARTNERS'