In a day filled with otherwise depressing news about the latest assault on the Constitution by the Republic Party, here is one story that will make every Progressive smile.
Tom Walton and his same-sex partner of 15 years, Mearmon Davis, got back from shopping a little past noon yesterday and saw the UPS overnight letter under the doormat of their East Brunswick home.
Walton, a driver for UPS, opened it and read the news he had been hoping for since Memorial Day weekend, when he and Davis formed a civil union.
"I would be able to add Mearmon as my spouse" under the UPS health benefits plan, Walton said.
The company had reversed its earlier position that its union contract, which provides health benefits for "spouses" of employees -- including gay couples married in Massachusetts -- did not permit it to unilaterally extend coverage to same-sex partners in New Jersey civil unions.
Good on ya UPS!!! They just became my most preferred carrier for sending packages and they will stay that way until FedEx follows suit.
Who gives a rats Cheney what someone's sexual orientation or preference is? We are all human beings and we all have the same needs societal and otherwise. UPS recognizing the validity of a gay couple's civil union and passing on much-needed health care coverage for those of the union says alot about the social conscience of UPS.
Now, if we could just get universal health care in the United States so everyone is covered,there would be no bitching about who can or cannot be covered by a most basic human need when a civil union is involved.
You can email UPS at this address where you can thank them for having a social conscience and for putting human need ahead of corporate greed.
1 comment:
Thanks for posting. I hadn't heard the good news!
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