Anti-gay group wants partner benefits reversed by Michigan AG

Dan82 · Feb 7, 2011

http://michiganmessenger.com/46302/anti-gay-group-wants-partner-benefits-reversed-by-ag

The decision by the Michigan Civil Service Commission to authorize partner benefits for state employees is — predictably — coming under fire by the American Family Association of Michigan.

Gary Glenn, the group’s leader, has asked Republican leaders Gov. Rick Snyder, House Speaker James ‘Jase’ Bolger and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville to ask Attorney General Bill Schuette to issue an opinion as to whether the MSCS decision violated the state’s prohibition on recognition of any relationship “similar” to marriage. Voters amended Michigan’s Constitution in 2004 to define marriage as between one man and one woman, and prohibited the recognition of any other relationship.

In 2008, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that domestic partner benefits provided for just same-sex couples by pubic employers were a violation of the so-called “Marriage Protection Amendment.” In response, public employers developed a program to offer health care and other benefits to other eligible individuals. To qualify, the named individual and the employee must show intermingled finances as well as other standards...

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Anti-gay group wants partner benefits reversed by Michigan AG

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