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	<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Offers Better Same-Sex Medical Benefits Than Obama]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kase-wickman/starbucks-offers-better-s_b_217006.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><a target="_blank" href="/blog/2009/jun/17/starbucks-offers-better-same-sex-medical-benefits-obama">Originally posted at Air America Media.</a><br />
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What's the difference between an 18-year-old girl slinging lattes 30 hours a week at Starbucks for $5 an hour and a middle-aged man who has put in years behind a desk working for their country? Well, other than a potential latte-quality divide, the difference is this: If both of those people happened to be married to a person of the same gender, one of them would get medical benefits. The part-time,...</p></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-19T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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