July 08, 2006
So what happens when Gays are forced to marry
I had not really considered this aspect of legalized gay marriage. Once gay marriage becomes legal in a state, gay partners no longer get a free ride on the benefit wagon but now must embrace the legally binding commitments of marriage as well.
An employee who currently covers a same-sex domestic partner as a dependent will have to marry his or her partner by Jan. 1 for the employee benefits coverage to continue at the employee rates,” the memo states.This what they mean by a shotgun wedding?
The policy change at the Globe, which devotes extensive coverage to gay issues, opens a new can of worms in the Bay State as employers rethink their domestic partner benefits in the wake of the legalization of gay marriage in 2004.
Posted by Sid at July 8, 2006 01:15 AM | Sexuality
