Sarah Palin on Benefits for Same-sex Partners of LGBTQ State Employees

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On Benefits for Same-sex Partners of LGBTQ State Employees

Emails listed in chronological order, earliest first.

(1) From: Gov.Sarah@yahoo.com

(2) Sent: 3/19/2007

(3) To: Michael Tibbles, John Bitney, Meghan Stapleton, Ivy Frye

(4) Subject: None

Text: "does anyone know what the 'Ear was talking about yesterday with the quip about Randy Ruedrich sending out a piece w/Sean Parnell and me re:same sex benefits? i haven't seen it and dread being used by Randy"