Miami U's same-sex benefits policy challenged

[theHandpuppet]

If you want to read an article that will make your blood boil, here it is -- from today's Cincy Enquirer: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060131/NEWS01/601310355

Brinkman sues over gays
At Miami U, many heckle, others applaud state lawmaker's lawsuit to reverse policy; he says it's a form of gay marriage
BY LORI KURTZMAN | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

OXFORD - If Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr. wins his lawsuit against Miami University, Jes Fowler worries she won't be able to afford her prescription medication. Stephen Sauer fears he'll be forced to stop working toward his college degree. Assistant professor Lisa Poirer thinks she'll quit her job, and so does Dan Meyers, who's worked at Miami since 1998.

That's because Brinkman's suit challenges Miami's same-sex benefits policy, and Miami employees Poirer and Meyers - along with Fowler and Sauer, their partners - say they need those benefits.

"I'll have to leave my job," Poirer said. "I won't have any choice."

But to Brinkman, this isn't about denying benefits to same-sex couples. He said as much during a contentious forum Monday night at Miami, where he was applauded but more often heckled during a discussion of the suit he filed in November in Butler County Common Pleas Court....

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[davidinalameda]

1. these schools will soon realize that they're losing valuable staff members

and professors by not offering these benefits

schools that do are able to recruit at a much higher rate

Brinkman and his ilk are damn determined to ruin these places

[tigereye]

2. a lot of colleges/unis have to have these types of beneifts

(and they should) because many prospective professors may not come to a Uni where there are no partner benefits. This guy is a tool, and I suspect and hope his grandstanding will not be effective.

[GodlessBiker]

3. All right. It's official. Brinkman's an idiot.

[theHandpuppet]

4. There's a great LTTE in response to Brinkman

In the Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060206/EDIT02/602060344/1090