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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 10:05 AM
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Obama extends benefits for gay federal workers
WASHINGTON — President Obama ordered government agencies yesterday to extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, including child care services and expanded family leave.

The moves come a year after Obama signed a memorandum giving federal workers’ same-sex partners a first round of benefits including visitation and dependent-care rights.

At the same time he asked federal agencies to determine what other benefits could be given to domestic partners without Congress acting, and those he announced yesterday were the results of that review.

They include child-care services and subsidies; more flexibility to use family leave to attend to the needs of domestic partners and their children; relocation benefits; giving domestic partners the same status as “family members’’ when federal appointments are made; and access to credit union and other memberships when those are provided to federal workers.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/06/03/obama_extends_benefits_for_gay_federal_workers/
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VMI Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 10:06 AM
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1. Rec.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-03-10 10:08 PM
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2. Thanks FB.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 07:44 PM
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3. Kick
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 07:46 PM
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4. That bastard. Wait. What?
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-04-10 07:54 PM
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5. Outrage! Where's the change we can believe in?

oh... wait.
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 10:16 AM
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6. Kick. Good news. n/t
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-05-10 10:19 AM
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7. Yes! Yes! Yes!
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