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New York Public Radio
Same Sex Couples
Denied Coverage in NJ
WNYC.org Newsroom,
July 9, 2007
NEW YORK, NY -- UPS has denied
health benefits to some same-sex couples in New Jersey. Gay rights
advocates say the shipping company's move illustrates the limitations of the
state's civil union law.
UPS provides health benefits to its employees' spouses, including married gay
couples in Massachusetts. But, it says the Garden State's decision to
recognize same-sex relationships as civil unions, rather than marriages, has
tied its hands. In a letter to one UPS driver and her civil union partner,
the company concluded that "New Jersey law does not treat civil unions the
same as marriages."
The letter says if the state had done that, the driver's civil union partner
could have been included in the health coverage plan as a spouse.
(Emphasis Added)
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