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H.R. 2517, DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS ACT OF 2009

p Running Head : DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS ACT

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The introduction and passing of the domestic partnership and obligations act of

2009 which is result of many years of concerted effort in caucusing and lobbying

Legislators by gay , lesbian , bisexual and transgender federal employees bolstered by the

Support of interest groups like civil rights bodies , more specifically the Human Rights

Campaign led by its president Joe Solmonese gives this homogeneous group equal rights

as their heterogeneous counterparts in the workforce (New

York Times Dec 2009

Same-sex married couples have for a long time been at the receiving end of the

Insensitive and discriminative nature federal government policy that has been in place

over the past years regarding health insurance , life insurance and government pension

together with other related benefits and obligations that different-sex worker are given

The proposal in the act that everyone gets an equal share of their contribution regardless

Of their sexual orientation is a milestone in giving the otherwise disadvantaged group

Equal rights to other workers . Gays and lesbians have for a long time been discriminated

Against , not only in the workplace but also in the general society as they are viewed as

weird and hence outcasts who do not deserve to be accorded any rights leave alone being

treated in a humane way

The failure to give same-sex couples equal payment to same different-sex couples

is a great violation of their rights because each worker should be entitled to their rightful

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