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Article: Ohio State U. student government opposes ban on domestic partner benefits
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- January 9, 2004
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Laureen Ellison
University Wire
01-09-2004
(The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State University's Undergraduate Student Government senators met Wednesday night to formally state their opposition to two state bills that threaten to destroy a decade's worth of work toward providing OSU's faculty with domestic partner benefits.
The bills -- one in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate -- boil down to one point: Domestic partners of both same-sex and different-sex relationships shall not receive the same benefits awarded to married couples.
"The recognition or extension of the specific statutory benefits of a legal marriage to non-marital relationships between persons of ...