I do not support either Schiff or Bicking, not my ward.
The city and the library board, in particular, have been stupid about
this issue for a long time, even if we only count from the point where
it began to get press and be debated. One would think that the viewpoint
of any employer would be that the conservative thing to do is to make
sure all employees have adequate coverage, if only to keep employee
attention fixed on work. If one member of a household is sick, the
entire household has to refocus attention. Of course, if the entire
country had the brains of a bird, we would have some sort of national
health system.
WizardMarks, Central
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At last night's debate between Bicking and Schiff (9th ward),
Schiff mentioned something about a domestic partners
ordinance that he supported. Was that the failed attempt
to secure health insurance for same sex domestic
partners of city employees / city contractors?
I criticized the above mentioned ordinance because
it did not apply to all unmarried domestic partners.
I was correct in warning that the ordinance was likely
to be killed by the MN Supreme Court (or at the federal
level) for making sexual orientation a criteria for granting
benefits.
Unfortunately, the city council would have been on
more solid ground had its opted to extend benefits
to all unmarried domestic partners. Health insurance
and other benefits have been extended to unmarried
domestic partners regardless of sexual orientation in
Iowa, some major cities, and some big corporations.
And this was not the first time that the city council
passed such an ordinance that was blocked by the courts
for the same reason.
Why did the city council just drop the issue and not
pass an ordinance to extend benefits to all unmarried
domestic partners?
I figured it was just a cynical ploy to get votes on
this issue from the gay community without actually
delivering anything. If I were Gary Schiff, I wouldn't
brag about that too much.
Disclaimer: I am a supporter of Dave Bicking.
-Doug Mann, King Field
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