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The public be damned! better describes the action that the Suffolk County executive, Steve Levy, and his special labor-management committee took in bypassing the Legislature and extending health benefits to domestic partners (read nonmarital sexual partners) of county employees ('’Equal Coverage in Suffolk,'’ editorial, Aug. 1). Already defeated in principle twice in the Legislature, this action conferring benefits on the homosexual partners and on the nonmarital heterosexual partners of county employees creates a substitute for marriage and at the same time discriminates and excludes by favoring only partnerships based on a criterion of illicit sexual relationships. If domestic partnerships are to be recognized by law and become a title for benefits, they should include persons committed to live together for mutual support and security on other bases; for example, two sisters; or an adult child caring for an aged parent or a parent caring for a disabled child; or any two nonrelated adults living together on a permanent basis to meet an economic crunch. Source : query.nytimes.com |
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