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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:04 PM Original message |
Woman: I couldn't see my dying partner--This is some F'ed up shit! |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. WTF?? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. If there was ever a lawsuit...what the hell is an 'anti-gay' state, and |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Civil rights for one = civil rights for all. |
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MikeNearMcChord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. What was the compelling reason to deny her the right to see |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. In addition to bigotry |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Social workers are fundementally unaccountable to anyone |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. Very NOT true. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I have witnessed very bad behavior on the part of social workers |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I guess we have to agree to disagree, then (n/t). |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ugh. Yes it is fucked up. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is what the whole fight for equal rights is about, in my opinion |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. EXACTLY, mine too n/t |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. If it were me, I'd be in immediate contact with the ACLU... |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Where's your source for the power of attorney part? |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. About 1/2 way down the Miami Herald is this paragraph: |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yeah... I just don't know if that's actually power of attorney... |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. In Michigan we are able to have patient advocate designations.... |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Oh yeah, that's begging for trouble in an "anti-gay" state. |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I didn't say it was a power of attorney.... |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That makes this hospital's position interesting then. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
62. Yes, they can, in most states. n/t |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Very f-ed up indeed |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. I saw this story on Rosie's blog yesterday |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. What I don't understand is if they have legal court papers from |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Horrifying |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm just waiting for the inevitable poster to show up... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. They usually have their own threads for that. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Frighteningly sad |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. It was a legal kidnapping. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. There's two sides to this issue. |
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motocicleta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. This type of thing certainly makes me question my anti- |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is my biggest fear. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I'm so sorry this is something you have to worry about |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. That's sweet of you |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Ask local hospitals - NOW - per their policies. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. That is Bullshit and inhumane !!!! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. I said on another post I have lost intrest in traveling to most of the country |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Yep, this is a reason my partner and I don't travel in the South |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. Yep |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. This turns my stomach |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. But, remember, the "time isn't right" for civil rights and marriage equality. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. This makes me very ashamed of my state. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. k&r |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. This seems an appropriate time to dip into my journal |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. O.M.G. What a horrible thing to do. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. Did she beat the shit out of the motherfucker? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. What would that have accomplished? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Made her think twice before she touted, "Florida is ''an anti-gay state." |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Nit-picky, but.. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. well him then. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. this is disgusting |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. Isn't that normal procedure even for hetero couples? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. You were kept out due to medical procedures in process, right? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yes I read it. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Speaking from personal experience myself |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. I hate these people. n/t |
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ordinaryaveragegirl (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Anti-gay," but apparently "anti-family" too... |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
51. Effing infuriating |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. The social worker is male and the hospital claims that it didn't happen. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. If it didn't happen, then why wasn't Janice Langbehn allowed to see her partner? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Yes, that's a very good question. |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. Another place where second amendment rights come into |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
53. I don't know about Florida being an anti-guy state, |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. Fuck the state of Florida for letting this happen. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. ... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. *sigh* |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. This is what happens when loving couples are legal strangers |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. If this isn't an argument for marriage equality, I don't know what is. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
60. These stories make me cry. I'm straight, and can just imagine |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
61. It is fucked up! |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. What.... The..... FUCK! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Wow, that's some rotten stuff |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. I will never go to Florida on vacation. Ever. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Neither will I. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
71. Horrible |
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southern_belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. Maybe it's just me, but |
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