same sex couples

BREAKING: Obama orders hospitals to grant same-sex couples visitation rights

Just received this breaking news alert from the Washington Post:

President Obama signed an order Thursday night requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.

The president ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo is scheduled to be made public Friday morning, according to an administration official and another source familiar with the White House decision.

An official said the new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding.

That’s a step in the right direction, but I can’t wait to hear the response from the Catholic hospitals. I’m sure that’s going to be very interesting.

How Will The Double Standard Wingnuts Respond To This?

Now how will this baby grow up to function properly in society?

Mary Cheney, the vice president's openly gay daughter, is pregnant. She and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, are "ecstatic" about the baby, due in late spring, said a source close to the couple.

It's a baby boom for grandparents Dick and Lynne Cheney: Their older daughter, Elizabeth, went on leave as deputy assistant secretary of state before having her fifth child in July. "The vice president and Mrs. Cheney are looking forward with eager anticipation to the arrival of their sixth grandchild," spokesman Lea Anne McBride said last night.

Cheney, 37, was a key aide to her father during the 2004 reelection campaign and now is vice president for consumer advocacy at AOL. Poe, 45, a former park ranger, is renovating their Great Falls home.

Isn't this something that can destroy our society? I certainly expect the Christian right to start releasing statements condemning this news.

Oh wait. I almost forgot. We are talking about the group of double standards. The entire "practice what a preach" meme is non-existent when you talk about the Christian right (see - Ted Haggard, Pat Robertson, Mark Foley, etc., etc., etc.) Is there any wonder why they are in such turmoil now a days?

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