Thread: NJ Gov. Attacks UPS Gay Benefits Position
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Old 07-23-2007, 04:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tristanrobin View Post
New Jersey's civil unions law mandates that gay and lesbian couples who register must be treated in the same way as married opposite-sex couples.

UPS is the latest in a growing number of businesses in New Jersey refusing to provide spousal benefits to the same-sex partners of workers and LGBT civil rights advocates say it is yet another example of how the law, by not using the term marriage, isn't working.
In light of this obvious and mean-spirited bait-and-switch routine, I'd like to hear a rational defense of UPS from the people here who say they favor civil unions and equal civil rights for gay people, who insist that civil unions are the same as marriage, and whose only objection to gay marriage is the use of the term "marriage."

This cannot continue. Clearly, to avoid 2nd-class treatment like this, a civil union will not do. We are going to have to insist on gay marriage, and accept no substitutes.