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Originally Posted by DGTess
Look how many companies will allow an individual to provide "same sex domestic partner" benefits, yet my office mate cannot cover her long-time live-in boyfriend, because he's not same-sex and they're not married.
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My company does the same thing. I don't have a problem with it because if my state recognized gay marriage or even civil unions (which we don't - our ban prohibits both actual marriage and "a legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage"), my company would require that same-sex couples be married or in a civil union in order to have the partner receive benefits. As it is now, they have to have been in a committed relationship for >1 year and sign an affidavit stating more or less, "We'd be married if we could." Our HR folks were talking about rewriting the policy if our ban failed and gay marriage or civil unions were legalized. Alas, even my blue state is full of bigots.
I second the motion for the government to get out of the marriage business entirely.
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