You have to give Stan Lee credit for this little gem.
Not only does Stan smack down same sex couples, he also manages to take a shot at couples of the opposite sex.
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 164 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) "Domestic partner" means an unmarried adult person of the same sex or opposite sex who is not a blood relative and who lives with a university or college employee.
(2) Institutions in the postsecondary education system as defined in KRS 164.001 shall not provide health benefits for a domestic partner of an employee.
Also, if I read this correctly, if you have an 18 year old adopted child attending school they too will get the Stan Lee Health insurance axe.
Or, if you have an unmarried couple with children then the children can be insured but Mom or Dad can't.
But wait a minute, what if two people are married, just not to the person with which they cohabitate, looks like they can have health benefits. The law doesn’t say you have to be married to the person you are living with, just that you have to be married. And what if they have children with other people, then..... now I'm confused.
This is an example of bad legislation on a number of levels.
Here is the real question: Does Stan ever engage his brain before he starts spouting this drivel?
Answer: Stan is not about making good law or addressing real issues, Stan is all about posturing in front of the public.
Stan is good at the Republican game of creating fear and division and pretty ineffective at ever accomplishing anything.
If he is concened about health insurance why doesn't he introduce legislation to address the 68,000 uninsured children in Kentucky.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Calculating the Fear Quotient
A story about the Lucas – Davis Congressional Race in Northern Kentucky had this bit of information.
“The Center for Immigration Studies asked voters nationally and in 10 battleground districts with tight congressional races what issues loom large as they decide which candidates to support Nov. 7. In the 4th District, immigration ranks third, behind "Iraq/terrorism" and "health care/prescription drugs."
Thirteen percent of district voters surveyed said it is their most important issue, and an additional 44 percent said it was one of their top three issues.
An additional 31 percent said immigration was important, but not in their top three. Only 10 percent said it wasn't important at all.
Taxes, education, moral issues, jobs/economy and taxes ranked below immigration.”
The Republican mastery of the politics of fear and lack of reasoning is evident in this conservative district. Let us only consider Iraq and Terrorists for a moment.
On September 11, 2001 terrorists killed 2,973 people. As of October 2006, 2,740 Americans have been killed in Iraq. And we won’t even talk about the Lancet report on civilian casualties published in October 2004: “Making conservative assumptions, we think that about 100 000 excess deaths or more have happened since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.”
And let’s also look at what is happening at home during the same time period.
According to the Center for Disease Control fire arm deaths claimed 89,951 lives in the United States during 2001-2003.
Strictly from a body count perspective we shouldn’t be afraid of terrorists.
Perhaps we should be afraid of George Bush, he is getting close to, and will probably exceed, causing as many American deaths as Osama Bin Laden.
Or perhaps we should be afraid of the NRA. I wonder how many Americans would be alive if Congress had the guts to go against the NRA and we had spent $500,000,000,000 on gun control and had not spent it on invading Iraq.
But doing math is not a strong point in American education, particularly when it concerns body counts, but that’s a rant for another time.
“The Center for Immigration Studies asked voters nationally and in 10 battleground districts with tight congressional races what issues loom large as they decide which candidates to support Nov. 7. In the 4th District, immigration ranks third, behind "Iraq/terrorism" and "health care/prescription drugs."
Thirteen percent of district voters surveyed said it is their most important issue, and an additional 44 percent said it was one of their top three issues.
An additional 31 percent said immigration was important, but not in their top three. Only 10 percent said it wasn't important at all.
Taxes, education, moral issues, jobs/economy and taxes ranked below immigration.”
The Republican mastery of the politics of fear and lack of reasoning is evident in this conservative district. Let us only consider Iraq and Terrorists for a moment.
On September 11, 2001 terrorists killed 2,973 people. As of October 2006, 2,740 Americans have been killed in Iraq. And we won’t even talk about the Lancet report on civilian casualties published in October 2004: “Making conservative assumptions, we think that about 100 000 excess deaths or more have happened since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.”
And let’s also look at what is happening at home during the same time period.
According to the Center for Disease Control fire arm deaths claimed 89,951 lives in the United States during 2001-2003.
Strictly from a body count perspective we shouldn’t be afraid of terrorists.
Perhaps we should be afraid of George Bush, he is getting close to, and will probably exceed, causing as many American deaths as Osama Bin Laden.
Or perhaps we should be afraid of the NRA. I wonder how many Americans would be alive if Congress had the guts to go against the NRA and we had spent $500,000,000,000 on gun control and had not spent it on invading Iraq.
But doing math is not a strong point in American education, particularly when it concerns body counts, but that’s a rant for another time.
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