Inside Higher Ed: Judge backs universities on same-sex benefits
Michigan voters last year approved a measure stating that “the union of one man or one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.”
While the vote clarified the state’s stance on gay marriage (against), it did not resolve the question of benefits for the partners of gay employees, which a number of public universities in the state provide. Some opponents of gay marriage vowed to try to kill such benefits, but a ruling by a state judge on Tuesday said that the change in Michigan’s Constitution did not in any way bar public universities from awarding benefits to domestic partners of employees.
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