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Article: Majorities of Heterosexuals Agree Same-Sex Partners Deserve Same Adoption Benefits and Leave Rights Offered by Employers as Married Co-Workers' Spouses Receive; Findings from third annual Harris Interactive/Witeck-Combs Communications Out & Equal Workplace Summit survey to be presented in Tempe, Arizona, September 30-October 2.
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- September 28, 2004
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new national Out & Equal Workplace Summit survey, more than half of heterosexuals (55%) feel that married spouses and same-sex partners should receive the same adoption assistance, such as counseling and financial benefits offered by many employers. Seven in ten (70%) heterosexuals agree that the leave rights for family and medical emergencies (as outlined in the Family and Medical Leave Act) should apply equally to employees' married spouses and same-sex partners. These findings were disclosed today in the third annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit survey conducted by Harris Interactive(R) in conjunction with ...