Justice Department To Launch Push For Full Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage
This was posted in GD, yet am posting it here~
In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department, announcing Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other, should be eligible to file for bankruptcy jointly and are entitled to the same rights and privileges as federal prison inmates in opposite-sex marriages. The Justice Department runs a number of benefits programs, and Holder says same-sex couples will qualify for them. They include the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and benefits to surviving spouses of public safety officers who suffer catastrophic or fatal injuries in the line of duty.
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AG Eric Holder about to expand fed recognition of same-sex marriages "to the greatest extent possible under the law."
2:00 PM - 8 Feb 2014
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More from AG Holder: "As Attorney General, I will not let this Department be simply a bystander during this important moment in history."
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.@glaad What PIONEERS look like. MT @TheObamaDiary They've done more for LGBT rights than anyone in American history. pic.twitter.com/GR0KKddoLp
4:58 PM - 8 Feb 2014
“In every courthouse, in every proceeding and in every place where a member of the Department of Justice stands on behalf of the United States, they will strive to ensure that same-sex marriages receive the same privileges, protections and rights as opposite-sex marriages under federal law,” Holder said in prepared remarks to the Human Rights Campaign in New York. The advocacy group works on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights.
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It's Our Time Now, to make this right! To love who we want when we want and how we want.
Thank you President Obama and AG Holder!
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Yes, to Rec you go to the bottom Left of the OP(original post) where it says "DU Rec".. you click on that. To find out who Recommended the thread you click on the "numbers" above that. If anyone changes their mind about "Rec".. you can click on it again and it un-does it.
We all agree VP Joe Biden deserves all the credit in the world along with President Obama and AG Holder for advancing Equal Rights to the Gay Movement in America.
thank you for Recommending the thread, Loudly!
for.. WOW.. this is HUGE, she! Wait till everyone see this.. they're going to be so Thrilled!
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AG Eric Holder about to expand fed recognition of same-sex marriages "to the greatest extent possible under the law."
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Mahalo, she~Brilliant news from the Obama Administration!
[font size=lg][font color=blue]"Big Change Has Come to America"!..[/font] [/font] 
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/08/change-has-come-to-america/
It is indeed huge! A huge part of us is being recognized for the first time in our life. It is history! I love their faces, their joyous response. They are elated and they are on fire. Progress!
Thank you so very much for responding, Cha!
I had gone for the night and was watching one of my shows but something made me come back and I saw your thread in the BOG~
Thank you so much for putting together such an awesome thread for us to relate the big news! As, I've always maintained.. AG Eric Holder Rocks!
You too
Gotta run to work now...
I haven't seen you in awhile.
Never have enough time to patrol DU but I always have time to read & rec your posts along with our fellow BOGer's posts.
Sweet, great white snark.
