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21. April 2010

Sun May 11, 2014, 10:06 AM

May 2014

Obama Widens Medical Rights for Gay Partners
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: April 15, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ordered his health secretary to issue new rules aimed at granting hospital visiting rights to same-sex partners ...

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Obama: �I�m a �Fierce Advocate� for Gay and Lesbians" (2009) [View all] denem May 2014 OP

Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (Frederick Douglass 1876) struggle4progress May 2014 #1

Silly choice of words ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #2

Isn't it possible he had strong emotions about equality? Motown_Johnny May 2014 #3

The Fierce Urgency of Now denem May 2014 #5

What's "silly" is your post. Cha May 2014 #52

And the moment that polls showed most Americans favored gay marriage MannyGoldstein May 2014 #4

"... Few great public men have ever been the victims of fiercer denunciation ... He was often struggle4progress May 2014 #6

So, for the record, you agree with my post? nt MannyGoldstein May 2014 #9

Dunno. Were you expressing an opinion, attempting to make a factual claim without supplying evidence struggle4progress May 2014 #11

A factual claim to add perspective MannyGoldstein May 2014 #12

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So you agree with my post? MannyGoldstein May 2014 #23

October 2010 struggle4progress May 2014 #24

Some people just refuse to see the truth when it's right before them, eh? Great work putting this okaawhatever May 2014 #29

So you disagree with my post? nt MannyGoldstein May 2014 #30

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So I take it that you agree with my post? MannyGoldstein May 2014 #42

I'm just providing some facts to add perspective struggle4progress May 2014 #48

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So? Other times he is slammed for not doing what the majority wants. treestar May 2014 #7

Following is better than lagging behind MannyGoldstein May 2014 #8

We don't need to be led by the politicians treestar May 2014 #10

Leading=Dictatorship MannyGoldstein May 2014 #25

The OP certainly implies that black Americans are following the President on gay rights Fumesucker May 2014 #49

Knocking doors and jingling phones in the spring of 2012, I heard everything: struggle4progress May 2014 #37

And he will go down in history as having ended DADT and DOMA. JoePhilly May 2014 #13

No, I'm quite happy that he did those things. MannyGoldstein May 2014 #26

Here's what I predict ... JoePhilly May 2014 #28

A few more facts for you Manny. denem May 2014 #15

I'm of the better late than never school, so I would not have said that. QC May 2014 #43

DU rec...nt SidDithers May 2014 #14

Two types of leaders, in one group you have the LBJ's and FDR's randys1 May 2014 #27

There is no question Obama has been an ally for equality since entering office... Drunken Irishman May 2014 #31

Hagel: Military Transgender Ban 'Should Be Reviewed'... ProSense May 2014 #32

a few things dsc May 2014 #50

He never got ENDA done. DemocraticWing May 2014 #51

The Reality of ENDA.. Cha May 2014 #53