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I think this is a shame... One of the things that got lost in the whole marriage debate is that there is a place for civil unions (for both gay and straight couples.) France has the PACS (Civil Solidarity Pact) and 94% of couples with PACS are straight. It would be nice if couples in the US could have something similar.
I'm sure that's the reason companies and cities are dropping this coverage. If they continued it, they would have to offer it to both same sex and heterosexual couples. Now that we all have the option to legally marry, they can't offer partner benefits to one group and not the other.
Just read an article in my local paper that the City council will vote to end the extension of benefits to same sex unmarried couples. Same sex couples wanting to cover a partner will have to marry in order to do so. The city says since they don't offer benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples, it would be inequitable to continue to offer this benefit to same sex couples. I think we'll see more and more municipalities and companies making this change now that same sex marriage is legal in the entire country.
Hasn't the US military been doing the same thing? I read news articles a couple years ago that said the military was going to extend some benefits to same-sex partners who were not married. If so, when will that go away too?
I'm sure that's the reason companies and cities are dropping this coverage. If they continued it, they would have to offer it to both same sex and heterosexual couples. Now that we all have the option to legally marry, they can't offer partner benefits to one group and not the other.
The thing is, they were not offering these benefits to the couples of men and women back then, so it was wrong then, just as much as it's wrong today.
So what's next, offering the same benefits to plural couples, because we are not enlightened enough as a society to legalize plural marriages?
Seems odd that your city offered such benefits to unmarried couples in the first place. They really offered 'benefits' to unmarried gay couples, but not unmarried heterosexual couples?
Several states and hundreds of municipalities, counties, private companies, organizations, colleges, and universities offer domestic partnership benefits. Most do not distinguish the sexual orientation of the partners.
61% of Fortune 500 companies offer partner benefits, including Walmart.
Just read an article in my local paper that the City council will vote to end the extension of benefits to same sex unmarried couples. Same sex couples wanting to cover a partner will have to marry in order to do so. The city says since they don't offer benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples, it would be inequitable to continue to offer this benefit to same sex couples. I think we'll see more and more municipalities and companies making this change now that same sex marriage is legal in the entire country.
Obviously this is where the Tylenol Homo Couple focused commercial comes into play.
Hasn't the US military been doing the same thing? I read news articles a couple years ago that said the military was going to extend some benefits to same-sex partners who were not married. If so, when will that go away too?
Just read an article in my local paper that the City council will vote to end the extension of benefits to same sex unmarried couples. Same sex couples wanting to cover a partner will have to marry in order to do so. The city says since they don't offer benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples, it would be inequitable to continue to offer this benefit to same sex couples. I think we'll see more and more municipalities and companies making this change now that same sex marriage is legal in the entire country.
Soundd like it was inequitable to begin with inequitable to begin with.
Why would unmarried homo sexual partners that are not married be getting benefits well heterosexual couples we're not?
Totally agree with this decision. And gays thought it was fair to exclude heterosexual unmarried partners. Hows it feel to be found equal now. Your hardly being discriminated against and dont have a leg to stand on. Just get married!
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