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Woman: I couldn't see my dying partner--This is some F'ed up shit!

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A woman from Washington state says a Jackson Memorial Hospital social worker refused to let her see her dying partner and told her Florida is ''an anti-gay state,'' according to an article in The Olympian that Rosie O'Donnell posted on rosie.com.

Janice Langbehn says Lisa Pond, her partner for 17 years, suffered a brain aneurysm Feb. 18 on the Norwegian Jewel, shortly before the couple and their three children, then 9 to 13, were to sail from Miami on an R Family Vacations cruise to the Caribbean.
http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/144992.html

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Woman: I couldn't see my dying partner--This is some F'ed up shit!	trumad	Jun-19-07 09:04 PM	#0
WTF??	nini	Jun-19-07 09:08 PM	#1
If there was ever a lawsuit...what the hell is an 'anti-gay' state, and	babylonsister	Jun-19-07 09:09 PM	#2
Civil rights for one = civil rights for all.	Opposite Reaction	Jun-19-07 09:11 PM	#3
What was the compelling reason to deny her the right to see	MikeNearMcChord	Jun-19-07 09:11 PM	#4
In addition to bigotry	Telly Savalas	Jun-19-07 10:49 PM	#21
Social workers are fundementally unaccountable to anyone	Solo_in_MD	Jun-20-07 08:14 AM	#39
Very NOT true.	Maat	Jun-20-07 08:04 PM	#73
I have witnessed very bad behavior on the part of social workers	Solo_in_MD	Jun-20-07 08:37 PM	#74
I guess we have to agree to disagree, then (n/t).	Maat	Jun-21-07 02:12 PM	#76
Ugh. Yes it is fucked up.	Gormy Cuss	Jun-19-07 09:12 PM	#5
This is what the whole fight for equal rights is about, in my opinion	alarimer	Jun-19-07 09:13 PM	#6
EXACTLY, mine too n/t	AZDemDist6	Jun-19-07 10:43 PM	#18
If it were me, I'd be in immediate contact with the ACLU...	KzooDem	Jun-19-07 09:23 PM	#7
Where's your source for the power of attorney part?	Kagemusha	Jun-19-07 10:00 PM	#10
About 1/2 way down the Miami Herald is this paragraph:	tyedyeto	Jun-19-07 10:12 PM	#12
Yeah... I just don't know if that's actually power of attorney...	Kagemusha	Jun-19-07 10:16 PM	#14
In Michigan we are able to have patient advocate designations....	KzooDem	Jun-19-07 10:53 PM	#24
Oh yeah, that's begging for trouble in an "anti-gay" state.	Kagemusha	Jun-19-07 10:56 PM	#26
I didn't say it was a power of attorney....	KzooDem	Jun-19-07 11:09 PM	#30
That makes this hospital's position interesting then.	Kagemusha	Jun-19-07 11:14 PM	#32
Yes, they can, in most states. n/t	northofdenali	Jun-20-07 04:54 PM	#62
Very f-ed up indeed	tammywammy	Jun-19-07 09:24 PM	#8
I saw this story on Rosie's blog yesterday	BattyDem	Jun-19-07 09:31 PM	#9
What I don't understand is if they have legal court papers from	MadMaddie	Jun-19-07 10:01 PM	#11
Horrifying	gollygee	Jun-19-07 10:14 PM	#13
I'm just waiting for the inevitable poster to show up...	theHandpuppet	Jun-19-07 10:19 PM	#15
They usually have their own threads for that.	Telly Savalas	Jun-19-07 10:44 PM	#19
Frighteningly sad	supernova	Jun-19-07 10:21 PM	#16
It was a legal kidnapping. n/t	SimpleTrend	Jun-19-07 10:40 PM	#17
There's two sides to this issue.	Telly Savalas	Jun-19-07 10:47 PM	#20
This type of thing certainly makes me question my anti-	motocicleta	Jun-19-07 10:50 PM	#22
This is my biggest fear.	libnnc	Jun-19-07 10:51 PM	#23
I'm so sorry this is something you have to worry about	Marrah_G	Jun-19-07 11:03 PM	#28
That's sweet of you	libnnc	Jun-19-07 11:12 PM	#31
Ask local hospitals - NOW - per their policies.	salin	Jun-19-07 11:27 PM	#34
That is Bullshit and inhumane !!!!	Breeze54	Jun-19-07 10:53 PM	#25
I said on another post I have lost intrest in traveling to most of the country	Marrah_G	Jun-19-07 10:59 PM	#27
Yep, this is a reason my partner and I don't travel in the South	theHandpuppet	Jun-20-07 01:52 AM	#37
Yep	tbyg52	Jun-20-07 06:41 PM	#70
This turns my stomach	FloridaJudy	Jun-19-07 11:03 PM	#29
But, remember, the "time isn't right" for civil rights and marriage equality.	impeachdubya	Jun-19-07 11:18 PM	#33
This makes me very ashamed of my state.	seawolf	Jun-19-07 11:51 PM	#35
k&r	Madspirit	Jun-20-07 12:03 AM	#36
This seems an appropriate time to dip into my journal	theHandpuppet	Jun-20-07 02:01 AM	#38
O.M.G. What a horrible thing to do.	progressoid	Jun-20-07 02:28 PM	#40
Did she beat the shit out of the motherfucker?	lonestarnot	Jun-20-07 02:29 PM	#41
What would that have accomplished?	Freddie Stubbs	Jun-20-07 02:37 PM	#43
Made her think twice before she touted, "Florida is ''an anti-gay state."	lonestarnot	Jun-20-07 02:52 PM	#45
Nit-picky, but..	kdmorris	Jun-20-07 06:15 PM	#69
well him then.	lonestarnot	Jun-21-07 10:05 AM	#75
this is disgusting	enigmatic	Jun-20-07 02:32 PM	#42
Isn't that normal procedure even for hetero couples?	Rosemary2205	Jun-20-07 02:47 PM	#44
You were kept out due to medical procedures in process, right?	Lex	Jun-20-07 02:52 PM	#46
Yes I read it.	Rosemary2205	Jun-20-07 03:02 PM	#48
Speaking from personal experience myself	Lex	Jun-20-07 03:22 PM	#49
I hate these people. n/t	sfexpat2000	Jun-20-07 02:53 PM	#47
"Anti-gay," but apparently "anti-family" too...	ordinaryaveragegirl	Jun-20-07 03:29 PM	#50
Effing infuriating	wicket	Jun-20-07 03:33 PM	#51
The social worker is male and the hospital claims that it didn't happen.	yardwork	Jun-20-07 03:34 PM	#52
If it didn't happen, then why wasn't Janice Langbehn allowed to see her partner?	terrya	Jun-20-07 04:21 PM	#55
Yes, that's a very good question.	yardwork	Jun-20-07 05:00 PM	#63
Another place where second amendment rights come into	Malidictus Maximus	Jun-20-07 05:54 PM	#68
I don't know about Florida being an anti-guy state,	RebelOne	Jun-20-07 03:35 PM	#53
Fuck the state of Florida for letting this happen.	terrya	Jun-20-07 04:19 PM	#54
...	Solly Mack	Jun-20-07 04:22 PM	#56
sigh	redqueen	Jun-20-07 04:29 PM	#57
This is what happens when loving couples are legal strangers	dsc	Jun-20-07 04:31 PM	#58
If this isn't an argument for marriage equality, I don't know what is.	terrya	Jun-20-07 04:36 PM	#59
These stories make me cry. I'm straight, and can just imagine	northofdenali	Jun-20-07 04:49 PM	#60
It is fucked up!	zidzi	Jun-20-07 04:53 PM	#61
What.... The..... FUCK!	PelosiFan	Jun-20-07 05:19 PM	#64
Wow, that's some rotten stuff	treestar	Jun-20-07 05:34 PM	#65
I will never go to Florida on vacation. Ever.	PelosiFan	Jun-20-07 05:37 PM	#66
Neither will I.	terrya	Jun-20-07 05:41 PM	#67
Horrible	mzmolly	Jun-20-07 07:24 PM	#71
Maybe it's just me, but	southern_belle	Jun-20-07 07:57 PM	#72

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