Spousal for gay couples in NY
Yay for my home state. I’ve had thoughts of packing up and moving before, but seeing as how things in the good ol’ Empire State are a’changin for the good, I just might stick around a little longer …
Same-sex couples holding marriage licenses from places that allow same-sex marriage are now eligible for health benefits through a state health insurance plan, as well as other benefits, officials said.
The new policy, which went into effect Tuesday after Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered it, requires the state Department of Civil Service to extend to same-sex couples spousal benefits eligibility in the New York State Health Insurance Program. READ MORE
Frank Russo, state director of the American Family Association of New York, based in Port Washington, said the move was a mistake that could be costly to taxpayers.
Oh, how I LOVE this spin … first, he’s basically saying that homosexuals aren’t worth a dime, literally, since we’d have to pay to give them equal rights. Who wants to do that, right? Why spend that money when we can build another baseball stadium for the Yanks and Mets to play in. Secondly, when you really think about it, doesn’t it make sense that it would be cheaper to have homosexual couples on each other’s health insurance. Basically, it’s a two for one deal … when you pay person by person it actually costs more.
Leave it up to the AFA to try and make a case against equality. The fact that they claim they are a “family oriented” organization and promote “traditional family values” burns me to the core. I guess, what they are saying, is that inequality is something everyone should include in their family value plan …
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 pm
AFA, they wouldn’t want me in their family. Which is fine by me.
What are the prospects for actual same-sex marriage in the Empire State? (Unlikely in my state, sad to say)
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Prospect is good actually, Spitzer plans on introducing some legislation soon. Honestly, I think it will pass and soon I’ll be able to get hitched here instead of going to Massachusetts!
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Have to admit I’m not the world’s biggest Spitzer fan but I gotta take my hat off to him on getting out in front on this issue. Nicely done, Eliot.
So, bigotry isn’t a family value . . . wait, what?
How crazy is it that the chairman of the AFA is named Donald Wildmon - it kind of fits with a lot of his rantings.
Surprised, though, that he didn’t change his name to Wildman as he probably doesn’t want anyone to think he’s Jamaican, either.
June 6th, 2007 at 9:40 am
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