Sunday, December 15, 2013
Remember Arne Duncan? He did something right
As Secretary of Education in a time of great effort to privatize public education, he is seldom heard from except in a negative manner. As a result, his latest announcement comes as a surprise to most people.
Students in same-sex marriages will be treated the same as their straight married classmates when it comes to federal college loan applications, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, in a shift that reflects this year's Supreme Court ruling that broadened gay rights.Needless to say, this will not apply to Liberty University but I believe the program is intended only for real accredited schools.
"We must continue to ensure that every single American is treated equally in the eyes of the law, and this important guidance for students is another step forward in that effort," Duncan said Friday in a news release.
The department said it would recognize a student — and parents — as legally married if the couple wed in a state that permits same-sex marriages.
The department also said students' eligibility for federal aid would be the same in all 50 states, regardless of where the student attends school.
For instance, a same-sex couple from Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, would be treated the same as a straight couple if one or both applied for a federal loan to attend a school in one of the 34 states that do not permit gay marriage. The same standards would apply to parents in same-sex marriages.
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