Prop 8, etc. props from other states, and hoping businesses will follow Apple's lead
The following is from the standpoint of a bisexual who will likely marry heterosexually in at least 10 years...
So, it seems the scares of "OMG my local school will teach homosexuality if the billzerz pass!" have worked, and gay marriage is now illegal in 4 states. I find it strange that people would think this would actually harm marriage or homosexuality would be promoted in schools.
Gay couples with a life-long commitment just want to have the same rights that heterosexuals with life-long commitments have. I hear(from Apple) that Apple gives the same employee benefits to same-sex couples. I hope to see this become a trend. I don't know how they differentiate boy/girlfriends from lifelong partners, but I'd like to know. An extra form to sign, maybe? Maybe they set a limit of how many people they can share the family benefits with over the course of their employment. That might work, actually. "You may share these benefits with your boyfriend, but if you break up, you won't be able to share them with anybody else. I pronounce you sharers of benefits. You may now sign here."
Government support or not, I sincerely hope other companies extend family benefits to same-sex couples like Apple has done. It's just a portion of the rights gays are asking for, but it's a start.
So, it seems the scares of "OMG my local school will teach homosexuality if the billzerz pass!" have worked, and gay marriage is now illegal in 4 states. I find it strange that people would think this would actually harm marriage or homosexuality would be promoted in schools.
Gay couples with a life-long commitment just want to have the same rights that heterosexuals with life-long commitments have. I hear(from Apple) that Apple gives the same employee benefits to same-sex couples. I hope to see this become a trend. I don't know how they differentiate boy/girlfriends from lifelong partners, but I'd like to know. An extra form to sign, maybe? Maybe they set a limit of how many people they can share the family benefits with over the course of their employment. That might work, actually. "You may share these benefits with your boyfriend, but if you break up, you won't be able to share them with anybody else. I pronounce you sharers of benefits. You may now sign here."
Government support or not, I sincerely hope other companies extend family benefits to same-sex couples like Apple has done. It's just a portion of the rights gays are asking for, but it's a start.