"This is a real victory," Raymond W. Belair, a lawyer with Family First, a local group that opposed the policy, said yesterday....This was always about the gay lobby chipping away to get to marriage," Mr. Belair said. "And right now there is nothing more important than preserving marriage."I wonder if this applies as well to unmarried heterosexual couples. But, regardless, someone really needs to explain to me how providing health insurance, pension rights, etc, to unmarried couples threatens marriage -- or how depriving unmarried couples of those benefits preserves it.
Musings -- and occasional polemics -- on politics, policy, foreign relations, civil rights and liberties, the state of the Union and, occasionally, other less weighty things that I feel compelled to write about. -- Bill Patberg, Toledo, Ohio
Thursday, January 06, 2005
Prejudice Triumphs in Eastchester NY
This from the NY Times today -- "Town Rescinds Health Benefits for Partners" -- is so sad. The rationale:
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