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January 16, 2007
Early session coverage on a pressing fairness issue - defeating the proposed ban on equal healthcare (HB 48)
GOP's Stan Lee gains power
HB 48 would bar public universities from offering health-care benefits to the unmarried partners of employees. Such "domestic partner benefits" would be barred for both gay and straight workers. The University of Louisville offers such benefits, and the University of Kentucky has expressed interest in doing so. They say such a policy could be an important recruiting tool. Lee said it's a questionable use of tax dollars that's unfair to part-time employees and could promote fraud. Giving benefits to homosexuals also undermines traditional marriage, he said. The Kentucky Fairness Alliance, the state's leading gay-rights advocacy group, regards Lee's legislation as a "serious threat to creating fair workplaces," said executive director Christina Gilgor.
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Misty on 1/16/2007
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