My note to the Democratic National Committee

I just received a request from the Democratic National Committee asking for more money.  I wrote I will not give to the party until LGBT issues are taken seriously.  The most recent evidence that they are not being taken seriously?


This story was picked up by Michelangelo Signorile at The Gist:

A report published on Time's web site just before the holiday has an explosive bit of information: the chief judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a while back that a federal employee who reports to him, a lesbian, be given federal marriage benefits, and it was actually going to happen until the White House, through the Office of Personnel Management -- headed by openly gay appointee, John Berry -- refused to comply and directed the health insurance carrier of the employee not to proceed.

Here's more from the Time piece Mike found:

Last week, the chief judge of one of America's most prominent federal courts ordered an Executive Branch agency to stop interfering with a court employee's efforts to secure health insurance coverage for her wife. "The Office of Personnel Management shall cease at once its interference with the jurisdiction of this tribunal," wrote Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He gave the Administration 30 days to permit Karen Golinski, a lawyer employed by the Ninth Circuit, to include the woman she married under California law last year on her family health-insurance plan.

So, just to make sure I understand this:  the courts are now fighting to secure same sex health benefits?  And instead of supporting this, the administration is fighting back?  How much longer are we supposed to have faith that this administration has our best interests in mind?