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Michigan bans partner health coverage

Michigan governor Rick Snyder signed into law yesterday a bill ending health care coverage for domestic partners of government workers. Republican officials introduced and have been pushing the legislation - surprise!

“Governor Snyder’s support for this bill is appalling,” Emily Dievendorf, director of policy for Equality Michigan, said in a statement. “Today, the governor told unmarried public employees that they can no longer care for their partners or children. He has put hardworking gay and lesbian couples and their children into harm’s way by eliminating important health care coverage. He has spent the last two years talking about creating a welcoming state with a attractive business climate, and this bill flies in the face of those goals.”

There’s honestly no excuse for this. Why take away rights? Why intentionally discriminate?

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  I think that COMMON LAW MARRIAGE needs to take precedence in every state regardless of gender. It is not fair that gay...
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  I hate my state sometimes.
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  so glad that I’ll be done with that state in six months. no offense, michiganders, but seriously.
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  and then he has the GALL to tell young michiganders to stay in state and not be “another yuppie in chicago.” WELL, MAYBE...
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  Once again, thank god I moved. Detroit may be the “greatest city in the world” or whatever, but the state of Michigan is...
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  How freaking jerktastic. I don’t understand this kind of bigotry or how anyone in this day and age can care what gender...
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  I don’t live in Michigan anymore but this still pisses me off. Snyder is an asshole and I was terribly surprised that he...
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  Ann Arbor isn’t Tea Party Central at all. And Governor Snyder sucks ass, and people are trying to get him out of office....
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  It’s Michigan. They usually lead the fight to be as backward as possible. Detroit is the most liberal city (by voting...
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  Wow. Wooooow. Like that effects you at ALL. Piss off, I quit this planet.
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