That’s when She told me a Story ’bout Free Milk and a Cow.
Mayor Pam has dipped her big toe into the wading end of the Same Sex Marriage pool. Starting January 2005, domestic partners of city employees will have access to their health benefits. As Mayor Pam noted, “it’s a progressive step.” Of course, this ruling also has to apply to heterosexual domestic partners, thereby giving people one less reason to get married. Gainesville, Key West, Miami Beach, and West Palm Beach already offer benefits to same-sex domestic partners, so it’s not really a bold move. And the city must do what it can to attract the best workers, regardless of lifestyle (or race, or religion, etc.). But this may actually be seen as a bad move by same-sex marriage proponents. If the impetus to get married erodes, less people (gay and straight) will see marriage as a necessity. Change – in whatever form – does not happen overnight, but by bit and pieces over time. We’ll see where this goes. In the meantime, the city has expanded it’s pool of potential workers.
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