In Arizona: The State must Provide Sex-Same Health Benefits

My former homestate is redeeming itself... Kind of. The courts in the 'grand state' tells them to keep their same sex benefits, for now. Here's more info:

Arizona must continue to provide health-care benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian government workers, at least for the time being.


The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld an injunction that blocked a 2009 state law from taking effect. That law would have eliminated health-insurance coverage for the same-sex partners of state workers.


In issuing its ruling Tuesday, the appellate court ruled that denying the benefits would violate the equal protection provisions of the U.S. Constitution.


“Today’s decision by the Ninth Circuit means Arizona’s lesbian and gay state employees will not suddenly find themselves without vital family health coverage,” said Tara Borelli, a staff attorney with Lambda Legal, a New York-based advocacy group that filed the lawsuit on behalf of seven state employees. “Our clients are simply seeking equal pay for equal work.”

This is good.

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