April 12, 2006

Court tries to pinpoint what gay marriage ban means

Gloria Hage, representing U-M and Wayne State University on the issue of same-sex benefits to Michigan couples, said requiring employers to offer benefits beyond domestic partners would drive up the cost of insurance premiums and throw other benefits, such as rights to married housing, in question. "To interpret this to go beyond the legal definition of marriage - will leave universities to guess how to design our benefits packages…How wide do we have to cast the net?" she asked.

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