Firms Tell Gay Couples: Wed or Lose Your Benefits

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61. I am really confused by your remarks.

I am not being flip, I really don't understand your post at all and that's how it reads to me. First, not all benefits from an employer are health related. Second, we aren't talking about heterosexuals losing their privileges, they just aren't put to the same tests as gays. Straight people aren't fired for being straight, nor lose their homes upon their sexual orientation being discovered as heterosexual. If a state protects GLBT people in all levels, then, yes, if gay couples want to continue getting benefits, they should marry if marriage equality is made universal law. However, there are a number of states, at varying levels, where gays are discriminated against in housing and employment (see the maps I provided in my other post), if SCOTUS makes marriage equal, fantastic, however, it won't alleviate other forms of discrimination against GLBT people and the option should remain for them to continue their benefits under the previous agreements.