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18 lUStOUt DECEMBER 21, 2007 OPEN 9 am - 10 pm DAILY member-owned, open to all! 5036 N. Lombard • 503-289-2304 Hours: Tues - Sat t0:00am-6:30pm NATIONAL Smith Introduces Federal Partnership Bill 5 0 3 • 2 8 7 C andles , E ssential O ils , G ifts and M ore ... orleanscandleco.com national Grocery choices forali diets and budgets • 1500 NF Alberta Street www.albertagrocery.coop 4 3 3 3 Central Lutheran Church Welcoming LGBT to worship Sunday at 10:1 5 a.m. A Reconciling in Christ Congregation I— ÓO2 SE 38th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 503.23139^2 Wed - Sat [PAUL MITCHELL A good place to be. 18Z0 HLZlst Ave. Portland, OR www.centralportland.com Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., joined Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and 19 co-sponsors to intro duce legislation Dec. 19 that will extend domestic partner benefits to federal employees. More than half of Fortune 500 companies and nearly 10,000 other companies provide benefits to domestic partners. So do hundreds of state and local governments—including Connecticut and Oregon—and scores of colleges and universities. “The federal government should be leading the way rather than following when it comes to provid ing benefits,” Smith said. “Rights and benefits must he afforded to all employees equally. This bill corrects the current inequity.” Under the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act of 2007, a federal employee and same-sex domestic partner would he eligible to participate in federal health benefits, the family and medical leave program, long-term care, insurance and retirement benefits. Such employees and their domestic partners would also assume the same obli gations that apply to married employees and their spouses, such as anti-nepotism rules and financial disclosure requirements. Lieberman and Smith introduced similar legis lation last Congress. Based on the experience of private companies and state and local governments, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that offering benefits for same-sex domestic partners of federal employees would increase the cost of those programs by less than one half of 1 percent. Matthew Shepard Act Dies YESTERDAY 8 TOMORROW Jiiteúiw <£ &jcte*ic* H mmum of the Watt l £ Jutu^e Local 8 National Artists’ Creations Vintage • Carden Art Statuary 8 Fountains Corner of N. Lombard 8 N. Albina (2 Blocks east of I-5 on Lombard) 7506 N. Albina Ave. • Portland, OR 97217 2008 GAY/LESBIAN HISTORY CALENDAR What your history teachers and books refused to teach you! 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Former Democratic Sens. John Edwards of North Carolina and Mike Gravel of Alabama along with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson also support the legislation. “Democrats in both the U.S. House and Senate support passage of the Matthew Shepard Act. 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