Dondon009 had this story on his blog (I love the poster set out above) and I could not resist posting portions of his comments and the poster here:
President Bush issued a warning to Congress on Wednesday that he will veto budget appropriations for the District of Columbia unless the measure contains language barring the district from using any of the money for its domestic partner registry.
The registry allows same and opposite-sex unmarried couples to register their relationships.Three quarters of the District of Columbia's budget comes from local revenue - city taxes and fees. But, about $120 million in additional funds comes from the federal government. That money is contained in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
Under Republicans the legislation stated that none of the federal money could be used to support the partner registry.When Democrats took control of Congress the requirement was removed.
In threatening a veto the White House on Wednesday issued a statement saying: "The Administration strongly opposes the bill’s exclusion of a longstanding provision that disallows the use of Federal funds to register unmarried, cohabitating couples in the District, to enable them to qualify for benefits on the same basis as legally married couples.
Under Federal law, legal marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Federal tax dollars are not used to extend employment benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees, and D.C. should not enjoy an exception to this rule."
The Domestic Partner registry includes such partner rights as hospital and nursing home visitations, medical decisions, and inheritance rights.
Wow, such an ominous threat to heterosexual marriages!!! For Don's complete post see: http://dondon009.blogspot.com/
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