i've mentioned this before

i work for a fairly progressive company (in SOME areas). they've always been open to gay, lesbian, trans, etc. for as long as i've worked for them (a few years. i do have a TON of years under my belt but the company i work for bought the OTHER companies i worked for...so i haven't been working directly for them for all my time) they've had benefits for same sex partners. it's a european based company, perhaps that has something to do with it. i don't know. they're also big on being green AND volunteer work. i happen to love my job and the people i work with. i'm pretty lucky.


ANYWAY..................some people aren't so lucky in this way. i DO hope president obama changes that though

Obama Is on the Spot as Rulings Aid Gay Partners
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — Just seven weeks into office, President Obama is being forced to confront one of the most sensitive social and political issues of the day: whether the government must provide health insurance benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

In separate, strongly worded orders, two judges of the federal appeals court in California said that employees of their court were entitled to health benefits for their same-sex partners under the program that insures millions of federal workers.

But the federal Office of Personnel Management has instructed insurers not to provide the benefits ordered by the judges, citing a 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act. .....