With gay marriage, businesses drop domestic partner benefits
With same-sex marriage about to become legal in Massachusetts, some businesses are eliminating benefits offered to gay and lesbian employees. Workers will be required to get married if they want to keep their partners on their health plans. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, one of the state's largest employers, will drop domestic partner benefits for Massachusetts residents at the end of this year. Hospital spokesman Jerry Berger said the original reason for domestic partner benefits was that same-sex couples couldn't marry. Berger said that with the change in the law we're on the same footing as straight people.
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