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November 01, 2005

Porky Pig Picks a Fight

Republican porker and Republican Governor Frank Murkowski of Alaska is now pushing one of the most extreme anti-marriage amendments in the nation. When in Congress, Murkowski was famous for filling the bureaucratic hog trough of Alaska with frivolous swill. However, his glutton for pork hasn't endeared him to the thought of offering the most basic partner protections to the same-sex spouses of state government employees.

On Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that barring partnership benefits to the families of city employees in Anchorage violated the state's equal protections clause. Now, Murkowski is pushing a constitutional amendment that would not only bar marriage, but would explicitly bar local governments from offering basic partner benefits.

Its ironic that the portly, porky King of Cronyism (who named his own daughter to the Senate) is taking a hard stand against the most basic of benefits.

Posted by TrailMix at November 1, 2005 09:03 AM