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Orlando will offer same-sex benefits
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| Contributor | The Sunset Provision |
| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Oct 03, 2008 11:33am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Orlando Sentinel |
| News Date | Friday, October 3, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mayor Buddy Dyer announced plans Thursday to offer domestic-partner benefits to gay city employees when the City Council approves changes to its employee health-care policy Monday.
Orlando will be the first government in Central Florida to do so. It joins about two dozen other cities in Florida that provide domestic-partner benefits to city employees.
"We've been looking at doing it for quite a while. I think it's the right thing to do," Dyer said.
Domestic partners will have to sign an affidavit declaring they are in a committed relationship.
But the domestic-partner benefits will apply only to same-sex couples, not unmarried straight couples.
"They have the option of marriage," Dyer said.
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