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PHOENIX — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that allows Arizona’s state employees to keep their same-sex partners benefits, including health insurance.
Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.)
Brewer said a federal appeals panel “got it wrong” when it ruled that same-sex partners of state government workers are entitled to the same health care benefits provided to opposite-sex couples.
The petition comes three months after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a request by the state’s lawyers to re-hear the case en banc, (with the entire 11-judge panel).
On Sept. 6, the appellate court 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.
“The district court found that the plaintiffs demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits, because they showed that the law adversely affected a classification of employees on the basis of sexual orientation, and did not further any of the state’s claimed justifiable interests,” wrote the Ninth Circuit three-judge panel.
Brewer had signed the law in 2009 and it was scheduled to take effect last year. Her predecessor, Janet Napolitano — now the Secretary of Homeland Security — had authorized health benefits for state employees’ domestic partners in April 2008.
In the initial suit, the nine plaintiffs — all state employees in same-sex domestic partnerships — stated that if enacted, the loss of health coverage for their partners would cause “serious financial and emotional harm.”
The Ninth Circuit affirmed this complaint, acknowledging that there was a high likelihood of “irreparable harm” if the law were to go into effect.
The plaintiffs in the case, (Diaz), have until August 6 to respond to the Governor’s latest legal maneuver.
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What an ugly bitch. The Supreme Court should deny her benefits.
It will be a great day when we can call Satan’s Daughter the ‘former” governor of AZ.
*facepalm* Every day she does something to make me more embarrassed to live here…
She’s just mad because she is not getting any ass.
Poor Brewer just keeps digging herself in deeper and deeper. She will probably be known and the George W. Bush of Arizona history.
Some twisted folks that voted her in to office, what a sick bitch!
This woman is a homophobic asshole.
Well, fuck her. Bitch.
this woman needs to be sriped of her governor title and replaced
Disgraceful ! Narrow minded. Bigger than petty. How about they get the same benefits that the governor does, or that she gets NONE.
ALL the above!!!!
I would say she looks like Terrance Stamp, but that would be an insult to Terrance.
So much for representing the people.
Michigan’s not much better. So far Hawaii has bennies, if you can get them. Still- it is not the same as being legally married.
Her media whore-mongering is terrible and I wonder when the Republican party will stop paying people like her and Sarah Palin to speak.
WTF – let’s all deny the rights us straight folks enjoy to those who “don’t fit the mold” . What a load of crap…
The Wicked With of the South-West is conjuring up her evil once again!
This governor, my governor, is an uneducated ass.
Hey! maybe the governor’s appealing this, so that the Supreme Court will have to rule down her appeal =:?
Ignorant Bitch with a capitol C
Aqui no Brasil os gays também sofrem para serem respeitados… é uma luta difícil!
You are a nasty bitch, Dear. And remember Jan, Karma is a Real Bitch.
What a stupid fucking cunt!
when are the citizens of AZ gonna wake the fuck up and dump this crazy bitch? geez!!
Stupid old melted hag ! take your broom and your black cat and fly away from here !!
Wben will this woman ever stop? Shameful
Very sad… I guess if I don’t matter to these so called political people, then wonder why I have to pay taxes.
self-righteous, bigot, hateful, libel and slandering piece of …
She’s homophobic and a racist, I hope she losses everything, and I do mean everything.
the fags are more beautiful than her… she looks like a dried prune or raisin or the red kiamoy hahaha
yeaaaa ill bend over and you can kiss my lesbian ass bitch we are all humans whether you believe it or not~
why is it all the nutbars are coming out of arizona?
^ i think its the heat that gets to them
AAARRRGHGHGHGH!
she can kiss my gay ass! Another fucked up hate monger. God I wish I could just blink them into oblivion!
she is such an idiot.
I like what Don Shetterly said, maybe all the LBGT people should stop paying taxes until we get the same recognition as everyone else! Then watch what happens to the
economy!
Ugh, these people need to stop. What is wrong with this woman?
Fucking bigoted mf assholes!
Oh well, they will get their just desserts!
what a surprise…not
cant stand ugly no good b^%&h’s that try to control n dictate the lives of others..she needs to go climb up a cliff n jump..I agree w stop paying taxes till we have the same damn rights..
You like that Jan Brewer has asked the Supreme Court to deny benefits to same sex couples? F Jan Brewer!
Or you just “liked” LGBTQ Nation so now they’re posted in your name?
She has cause enough trouble, I am sure she will be paid back for all her hate!
From the looks of her, she is just jealous.
As a rule, governors don’t tell judges that they’ve got it wrong. Usually, it’s the other way around. But possibly, in Jan Brewer’s mind, she IS the law.
Die, Mommie, Die!
and since we are dicussing this…my life partner is in the military and I know plenty of gays that serve for our country to have rights n be free..I bet this skank wont do what they do..no because all she is good at is running her mouth.this goes for all the people within the gov trying to limit the people. i watched act of valor the other day n was thinking about it the whole time that suppose one of those people were gay..should they be denied the right to live free n have their families taken care of when they are over there giving theirs lives as well..??? how is that fair? because we have a different life? not the same beliefs? wow! time to grow up america.
She is one of the most EVIL people of all time!!
Ugh how did she ever get elected over our other candidates.
What does this say about the people who voted her into office??
Really on the wrong side of history…
Someone should shoot her instead.
Evil Crypt Keeper goes after same sex partner benefits
Unfortunately IGNORANCE comes in all levels of education…too bad she thinks she is so smart.
Bitch!!!
sounds good to me go arizona she should run for pres
She looks like a dried raison. Lol.
My Mexican gay relatives/friends are so fed up with this!
How are gonna hate on the gays when you look like a big ole dyke lesbian muff eating bitch. The state of affairs within our government in regards to equality is like the afterbirth of a lesbian cluster fuck. Ewww. Lol stupid skank.
Such a Sweet Lady!
Every wrinkle on that dried up prune of a face of hers is a result of the bitterness and hatred she harbors for minorites and gays. It is written all over her face.
jesus lady leave it be. as governor u r not supposed to put ur bias in against certain parties of people, just because u do not agree with it does not mean that u should deny them benefits, that is bullshit lady
It’s always the ones who constantly hate on the gay community that probably are the biggest closet cases.
Izzy, we Don’t want her in our club !!!
Be it same sex or opposite sex couples, it’s all the same. No one has the right to deny anyone benefits or the right to get married. These people are just close minded, scared individuals. They need to be put on an island and kept away from the people who just want to live their lives. They are disease!
Worthless BITCH
Dried up old hateful hag BOO
This bitch needs to be gone!
AZ and this gov. make the deep south look liberal!!
ignorant bitch!
well, isn’t she a bitch!
Jan Brewer is a lot of what is wrong with AZ. this state was so much better when Napalitano was governor. The only issues Brewer fights are those that will garner her headlines, she is definitely a media whore!
@Randy, please don’t lump all of AZ in with nut job Brewer; Tucson is actually a Democratic leaning city (Gabrielle Giffords)!
The Arizona sun appears to have not only dried her skin out, but has also turned her brain into a dried-up pulp. Nasty creature.
if her rights were righted away… she would be screaming……just remember they kicked and screamed when black and white couples dated married …and now its common…..its a shame we have to fight fight so hard for our rights……but these bigoted people are SO FREAKIN SCARED of us getting rights thinking its going to hurt them in some friggin way…….and it doesnt……… it has nothing at all to do with them ..its money my partner and i work for… Who gets it if our partner doesnt the FREAKIN GOV>>>
Keep on appealing… it will eventually end up in US Supreme Court and we will have marriage equality for all US Citizens. vote Obama 2012
Dislike in a HUGE way!
Racist and a Homophobe !!! She would be a great running mate for Romney …
Who the Hell does this Bitch thinks she is?! She’s a dried up piece of shit.
That’s sick!
Arizona is on the most useless states we have. Never will visit there!!!
The LGBT is just trying to get their share of rights like women did back when they couldn’t vote. Wait a minute…she has a vagina…What a fucking hypocrite!
Shes not just a witch but a *itch!!!!! Such a hater and a greedy persom.
she’s a snatch got her way on minorities now she going after one at a time
fucking bigot old wrinkled bitch
dirty filthy rotten WHORE that she is.
Shriveled up prune. Prune Face should be her name. Right Wing extremism at its finest
Someone needs to pull that rainbow out of her ass.lol
Silly Cunt bag the vulchers will get to you soon enought.
I am SO ashamed to live in AZ.
what a bitch :D
She has a list of really bad ideas=how did she ever get elected?
man this womens hate comes through her ugly face, may she die a horrible death
Such a bitch!
Deny Brewer all access to the governor’s mansion after November, except to move her defeated homphomic butt out
Can you say “Vitriolic hatred and stupidty personified?”
sorry but she needs her face fixed
Haterization!
Her photo looks like she’s found a bloody finger in her mac and cheese.
dats one crraaazy bitch!
what an old hate-filled bag…disgrace to a beautiful desert state
BUt, but…she’s SO pretty