House Bill HR 5152 Proposed to Grant Social Security Rights to Same-Sex Couples
The Advocate continues, "Under H.R. 5152, children of same-sex couples would be able to collect survivor benefits in the event of a parent's death, just as children of federally recognized married couples may do. Recognizing that the elderly often face difficulty maintaining their standard of living after a partner dies, the bill would also entitle elderly same-sex couples to the survivor benefits offered by Social Security to heterosexual widows and widowers. "
Congressman Nadler said in an April 10, 2006 press release, "Same-sex couples are denied more than 1,000 federal benefits that other taxpayers are entitled to. The Equal Access to Social Security Act addresses this inequity. Ultimately, the only way same-sex couples will be treated equally is when they are allowed to marry – but until that can be a reality for the millions of same-sex couples in this country, we should act to make federal law fair to all....
"I’ve heard many conservatives say that other than the case of marriage, they don’t want to discriminate against the LGBT community. If they truly don’t want to discriminate, here is their chance to prove it...."
The proposed legislation has already attracted 17 co-sponsors in the House: Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Howard Berman, John Conyers, Joseph Crowley, Rahm Emanuel, Sam Farr, Barney Frank, Raúl Grijalva, Patrick Kennedy, Barbara Lee, Carolyn Maloney, Jim McDermott, George Miller, Charles Rangel, Pete Stark, Henry Waxman, and Lynn Woolsey.
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This should test the mettle of the Dems and the GOP when it comes to fairness. Will Artillery Hillary be sponsoring a Senate version and will she spend her time doing damage control for her own miserable failure of a marriage (using the traditional marraige model as the statndard)?
LOL…haven’t heard yet of a Senate version of this bill, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I hear that House Repubs want to revive the Marraige Amendment, demanding that marriage must be legally limited to one man and one woman. This issue is very far oof pubic radar, but Repubs want to resurrect it to divide folks, and to serve as a political rallying point for party faithful.
I think this House bill may be its Democratic counterpart and return volley.
The Republicans can’t very well run on their record, can they? They need a wedge issue. It won’t work this time.
LOL! Hillary’s failed marriage, huh? Like Ronald Reagan’s first marriage (ended in divorce), Newt Gingrich’s first marriage (and second, and third, and fourth, ended in divorce), Bob Dole’s first marriage (ended in divorce), Dick Armey (divorced), George Will (divorced), Rush Limbaugh (divorced twice, on his third), Bob Barr (divorced twice), Senator D’Amato (divorced), John McCain (divorced), Nelson Rockefeller (divorced).
Exactly HOW many times have the Clintons been divorced?
Oh, and by the way, President Clinton hasn’t been president for six years. Move into the new century.
He signed DOMA into law in ‘96 when he was president. Pointing to the divoreced Republicans won’t improve Bill and Hillaty’s bogus marraige.