Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said a federal appeals panel “got it wrong” and is again appealing a court ruling that same-sex partners of state government workers are entitled to the same health care benefits provided to opposite-sex couples.
On Sept. 6, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a temporary block on a controversial 2009 state law that sought to eliminate health coverage for gay and lesbian domestic partners of Arizona state employees.
Jan Brewer
The three-member appeals panel said such a law would go against the long-standing constitutional right to equal protection, but now Brewer wants the Court to have a larger panel review the issue.
Legal papers submitted on the governor’s behalf contend that a three-judge panel of the same court got it wrong when it concluded that it is illegal discrimination to provide health care and other benefits to the partners of married workers while refusing to do the same for same-sex couples. Assistant Attorney General Paula Grube said the state is allowed to make such differentiation.
Grube also brushed aside as legally irrelevant that Arizona voters permanently locked gay employees out of getting around the ban after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2008 limiting marriage to one man and one woman. In fact, she charged that the ruling of three-judge panel “attempts to indirectly invalidate Arizona’s marriage laws.”
The equal health coverage plan had been put in place in 2008 under former Gov. Janet Napolitano, now Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
But in a budget deal signed in 2009 by the current Governor, Jan Brewer, state lawmakers eliminated health coverage for the domestic partners of gay and lesbian state government employees, while retaining spousal benefits for heterosexual workers in a budget deal.
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ugly bitch inside and out
Nooo! D:
CUNT.
ugh, such assholes.
old whore
Wrong! I wouldn’t call her o/ of name, Gavin, but she is wrong none the less.
shitkicker state
These people always fall back on the old hatreds when they lose a bit. I will share, we cannot let them make headway they are trying to implant wedge issues again. This is NOT an issue Arizona!
And she was in healthcare! Nasty woman.
How can you just take away there healthcare just cause of their orientation idk 100% about obamacare but everyone should have affordable health care or free and no not socialism
why she dosn’ t give up her son healt care ??????pinche bruja !!!
SMH. That a Lady is such a Judas Bitch. Get lose!! Never know her son or daugther will become gay. She will be feeling suck & guilty. SMH.
Pathetic! Hope they are enjoying their real-estate crash!
Fxck you, idiot~
Hey Hey HO HO Homophobia got to go.
14th amendment says no go
Stupid bitch. Just give it up already.
I think SHE is what is/was wrong in healthcare! Now if she will get out of politics, PLEASE!
What A Selfish, Racist, Bitch of a Governor !! She is just so Hateful!
IMPEACH JAN BREWER !!
Although I do not reside in Arizona I totally disagree…I believe partners should have every rights as any other couple to to have health care so think about that before engaging you mouth and thoughts on facebook!!!
Why would they want that?
Miserable racist cunt.
hold on! wtf! are you kidding me? why? this sort of propaganda is outrageous! we all pay taxes, so now you can be forced to pay taxes, work your ass off but fuck you if you want the health care coverage you’ve earned for yourself and your loved one?
has someone been brave enough to do a basket check on her.. kinda looks like terrance stamp’s character in Priscilla
I love how Republicans bitch about letting states decide things, but then claim they “got it wrong”.
Its when you are cold and evil it makes you age faster and it also makes you look like a man in drag.
Don’t forget, this was the same lady who decided to take life saving transplants off the state healthcare books. >_>
Google “brewercare” for a very, very real example of the “death panels”, so sensationalized by republicans.
What a Bitch!!!!
The bitch musta got discouraged trying to intimidate and persecute immigrants.. so now she’s gonna fuck with gay people to keep the spotlight on her miserable ass!
Gay people and Gay-friendly businesses should boycott Arizona and products from there.
FU
Arizona is sounding more and more like the Mississippi of my childhood
Marriage and domestic partnership…. Separate but equal… Seriously what the fuck is wrong with Arizona.
Has anyone checked the bytch’s DNA to see if “she” is actually a woman?
I guess some people have never learned how to grow up
this fucking bitch!! I think she smell her rotten pussy everyday and jealous of gays so, she wants to stop gays entitlement!! what a old hug!! LMAO!!
I thought I liked Jan Brewer until this situation. Where is Arizona anyway? Back in the Middle Ages??
Jan Brewer is a f’ing idiot, but Arizona is a state with a barely Republican majority (43% v. 42%) and they always get the vote of the independents and thus lead the government. And seriously, stop with the anti-LGBTQ insults, I’ve never understand why anyone would use them, let alone on this page…
She needs to call a plastic surgen, becuse damn.
All men are created equal.
Can we drop the Arizona Governor?………….preferably from a very high place.
thank God that I’m in Canada….what an inconsiderate homophobic bitch…maybe the state should drop her HUSBAND’S healthcare? I think that would be fair
Its so sad illegals can break a state with a boycott and gays wont boycott nothing we get what we deserve
I wish the Gov would get over the gay thing and try to fix whats broken in our country. Prioritize you idiots.
arizona higher ups can go fuck themselves. so can’t anyone else…stop and think bout all the heterosexual assholes use the state and children to produce medical coverage for themselves and all the bullshit they do. sick of ignorant people. let the world be.
Of course, they want to eliminate healthcare for everyone.
Time for all of Arizona’s LGBT population to emigrate from that state …. & all of the income & state revenue that they produce as well. It would be nice to see Arizona on its knees begging for them to come back.
it never ceases to amaze me how hateful some people are and then still call themselves christians. just look her you can see the evil in her eyes. i can’t wait to people like this die so the younger generation can come up and allow this country to get rid of all the hate that these people have spread
This is perfect for the homophobes: First, deny medical care to gay people. Then, when the statistics show gays have poorer health than straights (do to their lack of access to health care) the homophobes can trumpet how the “gay lifestyle” is harmful to health.
As awful as this all is, I am comforted by my faith in a just God which will ensure that Brewer and her fellow gay-haters will rot in hell for eternity.
Arizona has a lot more important things to worry about. I mean they could also be hurting a lot of straight couples who get domestic partnerships as well. Gov Brewer is making a mistake, she will be counted along Strom Thurman.
Next, Cut out all the misogynsitic jokes and the B word as well as calling her things that are derogatory of women. We should talk about the issue at hand instead of sensationalizing her appearance
She is wrong and I hope the whole panel upholds the 9th Circuit Court ruling!
Hey is that really Jan Brewer? Looks like Terrance Stamp (Bernadette) in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.