Bloomberg starts... Leading?
It’s about time Mayor Bloomberg. I’ve been annoyed with the NYC Mayor Bloomberg over this entire issue. He's been dragging his feet all the way, despite the fact that the state Attorney General has order him to honor these relationships.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he will direct his appointees on the city’s pension fund boards to treat city employees in gay marriages the same way as those in traditional marriages. [...]
If the idea is approved by the city’s five pension fund boards, same sex couples who are legally married or involved in a civil union with a city employee, would receive pension benefits, including for instance, accidental death benefits. [...]
State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has ruled that though same-sex marriages could not be legally performed in New York, the state must recognize those performed legally elsewhere. (source)
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You are 100% right bj. He's not a leader and is homophobic. I hope the good people of NYC will boot his ass out the first opportunity they get. I don't believe anything he says about being for "domestic partner rights". He's only saying that to because he doesn't want to take the heat for coming out on the side of equality.
I guess I gave him too much credit. I was hoping that he was coming around, but that's not going to happen. He will continue to fight equality all the way, every chance he gets.
bloomberg is NOT leading!! LEADERS dont wait until AFTER a national election. LEADERS don't wait to make sure he doesn't embarrass his party. LEADERS don't do minimal things like this, after repeatedly avoiding the issue, then denying having any opinion, only when his own re-election is coming up. THis mayor (my mayor, in fact) pledged during his last election that he was for requiring city contractors to provide partner benefits - then , after elected, fought tooth and nail AGAINST it. He vetoed the City Council's vote; they overrode his veto; then he refused to enforce it, and sued. He lost that battle last week, and is STILL in oposition, deciding whether to appeal. He cannot be trusted, and I can';t wait to vote AGAINST the bastard (again)!