Gay Couples Denied Health Benefits

Supreme Court in Michigan says the ban on gay marriage also means gay public workers can be denied health care.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG
Published: May 08, 2008

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's Supreme Court says the state's
ban on gay marriage also applies to health care benefits offered to
partners of gay public workers.
The 2004 voter-approved amendment says a union between a man and
a woman is the only agreement recognized as a marriage.
Twenty-one gay couples sued when Attorney General Mike Cox used
the measure in 2005 to determine that domestic partner health
policies were unconstitutional. The couples argued that the measure
was only about marriage and not designed to take away benefits from
gays.
A lower court ruled against the couples in 2007. The state's
highest court has now affirmed that ruling.