Same-sex marriage gets another big boost from the Obama administration

Source: CSM

On Saturday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration is adding six more states to the list of those where federal benefits would be granted to same-sex married couples, bringing the total such states to 32.

Practically speaking, that means gay couples legally married under state law now qualify for such federal benefits as Social Security and veterans' benefits.

"With each new state where same-sex marriages are legally recognized, our nation moves closer to achieving of full equality for all Americans," Mr. Holder said in a statement. "We are acting as quickly as possible with agencies throughout the government to ensure that same-sex married couples in these states receive the fullest array of benefits allowable under federal law."

Gay marriage recently became legal in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming – the six states Holder announced Saturday.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2014/1025/Same-sex-marriage-gets-another-big-boost-from-the-Obama-administration

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Same-sex marriage gets another big boost from the Obama administration (Original post)	TomCADem	Oct 2014	OP
More bigoted heads explode	JDDavis	Oct 2014	#1
I can hear them now!	shenmue	Oct 2014	#5
Not to mention, the heads of ostensible progressives who continue to insist	Aristus	Oct 2014	#10
KnR	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#2
Yes indeedy	Hekate	Oct 2014	#3
Thankfully I wasn't here then~	sheshe2	Oct 2014	#4
K&R	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2014	#6
Soon gay marriage will be mandatory for everyone	IronLionZion	Oct 2014	#7
DUzy	shenmue	Oct 2014	#8
SNORT	pinboy3niner	Oct 2014	#9

Response to TomCADem (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 05:30 PM

JDDavis (725 posts)

1. More bigoted heads explode

More Americans treated equally under the Constitution. Republicans so hate when that happens.

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Response to JDDavis (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:30 PM

shenmue (37,955 posts)

5. I can hear them now!

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Response to JDDavis (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 12:00 PM

Aristus (54,320 posts)

10. Not to mention, the heads of ostensible progressives who continue to insist

that President Obama just isn't doing enough.

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Response to TomCADem (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 06:03 PM

sheshe2 (70,488 posts)

2. KnR

Thanks Obama!

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Response to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 06:45 PM

Hekate (67,025 posts)

3. Yes indeedy

Gods, when I remember the hair-pulling and anguished cries here during the first DAYS of this presidency ("under the bus! under the bus!"

.... not to mention the BOG-bashing because we DARED to suggest patience with process and the long view ... Somehow it seems like only yesterday.

I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for an acknowledgement from the anguished ones, though. They've moved on to other causes for angst, and the years have bred a certain skepticism in me.

I am, however, among those who are profoundly grateful that Obama's process is being vindicated, because not only do members of the LGBT community benefit, so does our whole society.

Love is....Love.