Separate Ain't Equal

Two months into New Jersey's civil unions law, and over 200 same-sex couples now enjoy benefits equal to those of their married hetero--

Hold the phone!

According to the NY Times, many civilly united couples are being denied health insurance. In the case of one female couple, one of them may be denied coverage for a mammogram, because the insurance company won't list both partners as female.

This could have been predicted. In fact, it was predicted by many people. Even I predicted it last December on my own blog when I wrote:

The only way to eliminate discrimination in our laws against members of the LGBT community must include opening marriage to any two adults. Anything less denies the right to divorce, full child custody, and a host of other rights based solely on sexual or gender identity.

To all the legislators in New Jersey, I hate to say, "I told you so," but...

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