Fort Worth May Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

The Fort Worth City Manager’s Diversity Task Force has endorsed the Human Rights Commission’s earlier recommendation that the city offer domestic partnership benefits to city employees. The task force was created this summer after the June 28 raid on the Rainbow Lounge conducted by Fort Worth police officers and agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Jon Nelson, a task force member and spokesman for Fairness Fort Worth — also formed in the wake of the Rainbow Lounge raid — said task force members are not sure what’s necessary to adopt a DP benefits policy. Full Story from the Dallas Voice

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