yeah, I did read that and wondered about the "consulted Alaska's attorney general"....so I've been trying to figure out what that meant: I'm definitely not going to run that analysis of my browsing habits now :)
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/08/29/for-sarah-palin-anti-gay-social-conservative-trumps-fiscal-conservative.aspx excerpt: But the veto doesn't in any way indicate friendliness to LGBT issues or to the few dozen same-sex partners of state and Anchorage government employees who would have been eligible for the benefits. Instead, it indicates a reluctant acquiescence to the law. She vetoed the bill only because the state's attorney general assured her that it was unconstitutional, and signing it would force the state into more expensive litigation that it had no hope of winning. The veto did, indeed, finally allow state workers to obtain insurance benefits for their same-sex partners -- benefits that had been mandated by a court years before -- but Palin later supported an expensive and widely criticized crusade by a right-wing legislator to remove the benefits through a constitutional amendment. On Aug 29, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > But then there is the next paragraph, which I am sure you accidentally > forgot to post. > > Palin's first veto </wiki/Veto> was used to block legislation that > would > have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay > state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska > benefits to > same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with > Alaska's > attorney general </wiki/Attorney_general> on the constitutionality of > the legislation. > > So whether she supports this or not, this tells me that she wants to > do > what is right legally, not what she *feels* is right. I don't see > anything wrong with that. > > > > Bruce > > Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: >> form the wikipedia article: >> >> Palin complied with an Alaskan state Supreme Court order and signed >> an >> implementation of same-sex benefits into law under protest, stating >> that legal options to avoid doing so had run out >> >> doesn't sound like she's really for it.... >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267138 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
