[UUPoly-L] the VP debate last night

[Linda Fingerson <slyypper@hotmail.com>]

Hi all,

from the NY Times Transcript of last night's debate:

<snip>

		    
		        
		            IFILL:
The next round of -- pardon me, the next round of questions starts with
you, Senator Biden. Do you support, as they do in Alaska, granting
same-sex benefits to couples? BIDEN: Absolutely. Do I support granting
same-sex benefits? Absolutely positively. Look, in an Obama-Biden
administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a
constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and
a heterosexual couple.
		        
		    
		        
		            The
fact of the matter is that under the Constitution we should be granted
-- same-sex couples should be able to have visitation rights in the
hospitals, joint ownership of property, life insurance policies, et
cetera. That's only fair.
		        
		    
		        
		            It's
what the Constitution calls for. And so we do support it. We do support
making sure that committed couples in a same-sex marriage are
guaranteed the same constitutional benefits as it relates to their
property rights, their rights of visitation, their rights to insurance,
their rights of ownership as heterosexual couples do.
		        
		    
		    <snip>

Now all you legal scholars out there:  does Biden's clarification in this last paragraph seem to you to intend pushing for equal access to federal entitlement programs like social security & Medicare?   

Cheers!  Linda




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