New contracts for state government employees won't include benefits for the partners of gay and lesbian employees after all, officials in Gov. Granholm's administration announced this week. The article notes that officials at Wayne State and the University of Michigan have said they will continue to provide the benefits, and argue that, as autonomous entities of the state, they are exempt from the constitutional amendment approved recently by voters regarding the definition of marriage. Several lawmakers said they intend to ask the state attorney general for an opinion on the matter.