Family values
April 16, 2010 12:34 AM Subscribe
Often, a widow or widower with no children is denied the support and comfort of a good friend. Members of religious orders are sometimes unable to choose someone other than an immediate family member to visit them and make medical decisions on their behalf. Also uniquely affected are gay and lesbian Americans who are often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives -- unable to be there for the person they love, and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.President Obama requires any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding to allow gays and lesbians to have nonfamily visitors and allowi their partners medical power of attorney.
This post was deleted for the following reason: previously -- jessamyn
Crap. Sorry.
posted by orthogonality at 12:38 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by orthogonality at 12:38 AM on April 16, 2010
I don't think allowing llama visitors in hospitals is either hygienic or safe.
posted by qvantamon at 1:10 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by qvantamon at 1:10 AM on April 16, 2010
But it's a natural slippery slope! If you allow gay and lesbians to visit their partners to be treated as family in the hospitals, someone will want to let their llama lover in, and there will be no legal basis to refuse.
Next thing you know, Obama will be fining us all unless we have llama insurance when we go to the hospital.
posted by zachlipton at 1:16 AM on April 16, 2010
Next thing you know, Obama will be fining us all unless we have llama insurance when we go to the hospital.
posted by zachlipton at 1:16 AM on April 16, 2010
I just hope I don't have to sit next to a Certified Therapy Llama on the airplane. Emotional Support Duck would be bad enough...
posted by zachlipton at 1:18 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by zachlipton at 1:18 AM on April 16, 2010
Fun fact: A llama has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey.
posted by prinado at 1:25 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by prinado at 1:25 AM on April 16, 2010
(My three gay husbands and I are going to marry a llama, now that llamas can visit us in hospital. We have to do our part to keep the conservatives happy.)
posted by sebastienbailard at 1:26 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by sebastienbailard at 1:26 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Hmm...Llamas are an Embarrassingly Specific Example Animal I have yet to see dragged out when someone says homosexuality is just like bestiality. I'm sure it's only a matter of time though.
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 1:32 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 1:32 AM on April 16, 2010
Hey.Thats what I've been saying could work to get HCR!Well Played Sir!
posted by infinite intimation at 1:38 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by infinite intimation at 1:38 AM on April 16, 2010
They're at the end of the slippery slope of Increasingly Rare Pack Animals. First: we marry donkeys. Then: oxen. Then: camels. Then: water buffalo. And then the llamas, and that's what triggers the Second Coming.
posted by Valet at 1:39 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by Valet at 1:39 AM on April 16, 2010
Yeah, well I hope the llamas are fucking proud of themselves.
If I had a nickel for every time I've said that
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 1:47 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
If I had a nickel for every time I've said that
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 1:47 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Just look at the chaos created when this thread doesn't get closed right away. This is the kind of chaos we would see when llamas are allowed free reign of our nation's hospitals!
posted by zachlipton at 1:51 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by zachlipton at 1:51 AM on April 16, 2010
Yo llama so gay, it took until 2010 before he was allowed to visit his dying llama partner in the hospital!
posted by zachlipton at 2:01 AM on April 16, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by zachlipton at 2:01 AM on April 16, 2010 [5 favorites]
In a statement released by the Vatican's press office, the Holy See made it clear that it did not support allegations by Monsignor Peado of Peru that it was the llamas that made him do it.
posted by biffa at 2:09 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by biffa at 2:09 AM on April 16, 2010
Barack Yo Llama!
posted by chavenet at 2:40 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by chavenet at 2:40 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Barack Yo Llama!
Just make sure that you and yo llama are married first.
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:43 AM on April 16, 2010
Just make sure that you and yo llama are married first.
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:43 AM on April 16, 2010
Keep the government out of my llama!
Hm.
posted by maxwelton at 2:44 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Hm.
posted by maxwelton at 2:44 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Just look at the chaos created when this thread doesn't get closed right away. This is the kind of chaos we would see when llamas are allowed free reign of our nation's hospitals!
Well that's how we do it up in Canada, eh? It's not just poutine and maple syrup. It's poutine, maple syrup, and a llama.
If you'll excuse me, I've got some ... sugaring to do.
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:48 AM on April 16, 2010
Well that's how we do it up in Canada, eh? It's not just poutine and maple syrup. It's poutine, maple syrup, and a llama.
If you'll excuse me, I've got some ... sugaring to do.
posted by sebastienbailard at 2:48 AM on April 16, 2010
Yo llama is so fat she eats Wheat Thicks.
posted by jbickers at 2:55 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by jbickers at 2:55 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
My favorite llama is the Dali Llama. My favorite Parton is Dolly.
posted by vapidave at 3:12 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by vapidave at 3:12 AM on April 16, 2010
*grabs microphone*
CAN I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION PLEASE!! PLEASE, STOP TALKING!! I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!!
*holds microphone to butt*
*farts*
*runs away*
posted by NoMich at 3:17 AM on April 16, 2010
CAN I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION PLEASE!! PLEASE, STOP TALKING!! I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE!!
*holds microphone to butt*
*farts*
*runs away*
posted by NoMich at 3:17 AM on April 16, 2010
The one-l lama,
He's a priest;
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.
--Ogden Nash
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:18 AM on April 16, 2010
He's a priest;
The two-l llama,
He's a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn't any
Three-l lllama.
--Ogden Nash
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:18 AM on April 16, 2010
So, wtf is a llama?
Twenty bucks. If you've got the doe, you should try it.
posted by sebastienbailard at 3:26 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Twenty bucks. If you've got the doe, you should try it.
posted by sebastienbailard at 3:26 AM on April 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
I don't think allowing llama visitors in hospitals is either hygienic or safe.
:-(
posted by A Terrible Llama at 3:38 AM on April 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
:-(
posted by A Terrible Llama at 3:38 AM on April 16, 2010 [6 favorites]
Como se llama?
Yay, Obama!
(would Ogden Nash approve of that?)
posted by not_on_display at 3:57 AM on April 16, 2010
Yay, Obama!
(would Ogden Nash approve of that?)
posted by not_on_display at 3:57 AM on April 16, 2010
Quick, somebody plaster this all over the front page before the mods wake up!
posted by daniel_charms at 4:21 AM on April 16, 2010
posted by daniel_charms at 4:21 AM on April 16, 2010
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