Comments on: US State Department gays ask for equal treatment for same-sex partners http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10904.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Darrien http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10904.html/comment-page-1/#comment-42551 Darrien Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:01:55 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-10904.html#comment-42551 This is an interesting one. If Clinton does nothing, then she can be accused of being as useless on gay rights as her husband. It'll also undermine the arguments made by some gay Democrats that Clinton would have done more for gays and lesbians than Obama. If Clinton does go with equal rights for her employees, is she undermining Obama's policy of 'rights should be achieved by grassroots action'. Or is Obama going to let - or encourage - Clinton to grant these rights to see how much flak she'll attract before he starts implementing equal rights attraction elsewhere? I don't have answer here, just speculating on some of the possibilities. This is an interesting one. If Clinton does nothing, then she can be accused of being as useless on gay rights as her husband. It'll also undermine the arguments made by some gay Democrats that Clinton would have done more for gays and lesbians than Obama. If Clinton does go with equal rights for her employees, is she undermining Obama's policy of 'rights should be achieved by grassroots action'. Or is Obama going to let – or encourage – Clinton to grant these rights to see how much flak she'll attract before he starts implementing equal rights attraction elsewhere? I don't have answer here, just speculating on some of the possibilities.

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