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Tammy Baldwin: “The government to which I have devoted 33 years of my working life will not honor my partnership because I love another…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
The government to which I have devoted 33 years of my working life will not honor my partnership because I love another woman, not a man.
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Tammy Baldwin
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Baldwin highlights discrimination against same-gender relationships in federal employment.

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