Creighton University (Catholic university) extending benefits to same sex couples.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Creighton University to extend health benefits to same-sex spouses; disappointed archbishop responds

Creighton University will start allowing health benefits for legally married same-sex couples, the president said Monday in an email to trustees.
The Rev. Timothy Lannon said in the email that he made the decision “after much prayer and discernment” and over the objection of Archbishop George Lucas.
“The extension of benefits is not a statement of approval of same sex marriages but rather an acknowledgement of our responsibility to serve the needs of faculty and staff who faithfully serve our students and patients every day,” Lannon said in the email.


http://www.livewellnebraska.com/consumer/article_6f8c63fc-5df1-11e4-9cc9-001a4bcf6878.html

[etherealtruth]

1. One of the oddest phenomenon in my life...

... has been that every lesbian, gay or bisexual person I have been close to have been Roman Catholic. Not only Catholic but members of Catholic religious orders or converts to Catholicism. I have never really understood and certainly feel no need or right to question how folk live there lives (in this case being Catholic).

[KamaAina]

2. Former DUer opihimoimoi is a Creighton alum

I'm sure he'll be glad to hear this.