President Obama Orders Same-Sex Hospital Visits

Sparked by case of lesbian couple. A Florida hospital denied Janice Langbehn visitation after her partner Lisa Pond was stricken with a fatal brain aneurysm. Even though she had power of attorney, for 8 hours hospital staff refused to allow Janice and her children in to see her dying partner of over 20 years - with one employee informing her that she was in an antigay city and antigay state.
Check out The Langbehn-Pond Family Blog http://thelpkids.com/

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[dpt1414]

Go to New York Times site for Apr 20 for a related story--tragic. Suit charges elderly Couple was forced apart

[SuchIsLifeVideos]

@dpt1414 If people google "Suit Charges Elderly Gay Partners Were Forced Apart" the story will come up! This story is as bad as it gets!

[superhotchick699]

I'm not gay and will never experience this, but I am disgusted how long term partners are not treated as a spouse when it comes to medical care. I see no reason for a partner to be excluded from visiting and in the case of a birth I hope partners are able to be in the room. This makes me sick that this lady was dying and the one she loved most and trusted most was denied access to her. This is a good thing that Obama did. It should have happened a long time ago!

[divad838]

Thank You, Mr. Obama.

[barbear]

I am proud of our president.

[MrSKINFLICK]

Impossible that this could happen in any European country, especially here in Germany. our foreign secretary is GAY ! The Mayors of Berlin and Hamburg (in their functions as prime ministers of states, because Berlin and Hamburg are Federal German States) ARE GAY !

[omniandros2]

What this woman experienced fell far outside the bounds of human decency. A dying person has the basic human right to spend that time with whomever they chose or, if incapacitated, with whomever could reasonably be guessed she'd chose. There is nothing "gay" about dying with the people you most trust around you or being with a loved one when they pass. That's just human. The refusal to recognize that violates the very essence of the hippocratic oath. This hospital has no honor.

[xothegirlz]

Giving a gay couple who has been together for years the right to visit each other in the hospital, a right straight couple have even if they've only been married for a day, is too much government control? It's a lie? To justify the way these women were treated (theirs is not an isolated incident) is pure evil. Plain and simple.

[hedleypanama]

Gays have no rights above other people, but they have the SAME ones and stupid right ppl deny them

[ThePsychoReturns]

Well, those hospital employees better lose their fucking jobs for this.

[craigdb84]

Great, more government control and lies leading the country down the wrong path.

[bjwmson]

a long time coming