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Cleveland abolishes family benefits for unmarried couplesCLEVELAND (AP) — City employees with domestic partners are now expected to marry if they want to continue receiving benefits, officials said.
Cleveland City Council on Wednesday ended the program extending family benefits to employees’ domestic partners, Northeast Ohio Media Group reported Wednesday. The council also introduced legislation to terminate the city’s domestic partner registry.
Finance Director Sharon Dumas said the registry was designed to help same-sex couples receive benefits that married couples enjoyed. But since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month legalized gay marriage across the country, those couples can now marry.
Unmarried couples can continue on the city’s health care and benefits plan until April 1.
Cleveland abolishes family benefits for unmarried couplesCLEVELAND (AP) — City employees with domestic partners are now expected to marry if they want to continue receiving benefits, officials said.
Cleveland City Council on Wednesday ended the program extending family benefits to employees’ domestic partners, Northeast Ohio Media Group reported Wednesday. The council also introduced legislation to terminate the city’s domestic partner registry.
Finance Director Sharon Dumas said the registry was designed to help same-sex couples receive benefits that married couples enjoyed. But since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month legalized gay marriage across the country, those couples can now marry.
Unmarried couples can continue on the city’s health care and benefits plan until April 1.
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This likely saves Cleveland from a discrimination lawsuit as they would allow benefits for unmarried same-sex couples, but not unmarried opposite-sex couples.
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