Thank you Obama for throwing us another bone.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103686.html
This is a great step forward in removing DOMA.
I am curious how this works in states like Ohio with their DOMA-like laws that do not recognize even domestic partners.
Civilly, Ohio does not recognize anything but a marriage and a marriage can only be one man and one woman. Fine, but when an employee is a federal government employee has a partner, they are now required to acknowledge the legality of the relationship. Which one trumps the other?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103686.html
President Obama signed a memo last June extending some benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers, including access to the government's Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program.
This is a great step forward in removing DOMA.
I am curious how this works in states like Ohio with their DOMA-like laws that do not recognize even domestic partners.
Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions. This state and its political subdivisions shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage.
Civilly, Ohio does not recognize anything but a marriage and a marriage can only be one man and one woman. Fine, but when an employee is a federal government employee has a partner, they are now required to acknowledge the legality of the relationship. Which one trumps the other?