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Arizona pushes to drop benefits for lesbian and gay domestic partners
by GoPride.com News Staff
Mon. February 14, 2011  1:34:49 PM : 4 Comments - continue the discussion
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Phoenix, Ariz. — The state of Arizona went to court on Monday in an attempt to stop providing health benefits to state employees' domestic partners.

Arizona's domestic partner benefits were created in 2008, when then Gov. Janet Napolitano issued an administrative order changing the definition of "dependent," according to the Arizona Daily Sun.

Since then, Napolitano has left and the Republican-controlled legislature has created new budget rules that exclude gay and lesbian partners from coverage.

The Arizona Daily Sun said that 800 state employees have been getting domestic partner benefits, at a cost of between $4 and $5.5 million per year.

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(Poof! All 800 state employees are now legally married in Arizona. What is the cost of that? No more, no less.) The state employees pay for coverage of their dependents. That's how it works. Brewer and her cronies have their shorts in a knot because gay people want to cover same-sex partners on their policies. (Eeooow! Gay people with insurance!) Say it ain't so, AZ legislators!
Posted by purplesax on Tue, 2/15/2011 4:53 PM

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I keep hearing and reading more and more NEGATIVE SHIT about Arizona... it's quickly making its way to the top of my list of PLACES TO AVOID!
Posted by Guytano995 on Tue, 2/15/2011 4:59 PM
arizona is now officially off my list of places to visit
Posted by Jerimie Welch on Tue, 2/15/2011 5:41 PM
BOOOOOOOO!
Posted by Sue B. Cruz on Tue, 2/15/2011 7:07 PM
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