The Chronicle: Daily News Blog: Court Reinforces Ban on Partner Benefits at Nebraska Universities
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld on Friday an amendment to the Nebraska Constitution that bans gay marriage and also prohibits the University of Nebraska and other arms of the state government from offering health and other benefits to the partners of gay employees. The unanimous ruling, which reversed a lower court, will not have an immediate effect on the university because it does not offer such benefits to gay employees.
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