AZ: Gay State Employees Sue to Keep Health Benefits

Imagine having family health care one day and having it yanked away the next. Your job hasn't changed. And other public employees in your state -- the ones working beside you at a university library or in a highway patrol car -- continue to get insurance coverage for their loved ones. Sound unfair? You betcha. But that's exactly the prospect for gay state government workers in Arizona, where the legislature and Gov. Jan Brewer recently decided to revoke partner benefits. The state's heterosexual workers have the option of marrying to keep their family health care benefits. Arizona bans same-sex marriage, though. Full Story from Truthout: http://www.truthout.org/topstories/120309vh02 Click here for gay marriage resources in Arizona. To subscribe to this blog, use the rss feed on the right, or use the form at right to join our email list. You can also email us at info@purpleunions.com. Or find us on Facebook - just search for Gay Marriage Watch (you'll see our b/w wedding pic overlooking the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge in SF). We're also tweeting daily at http://www.twitter.com/gaymarriagewatc.