Another example of the fallacy of Domestic Partnership

An article from an Ann Arbor news source reports that UofM may lose a percentage of it’s teaching staff if a stupid bill is signed into law.

The bill in question was proposed by Republican Rep. Dave Agema in an effort to save Michigan some money

His justification is;

“It is not the responsibility of taxpayers to support the roommates and unmarried partners of public employees,” Agema said in a statement. “Providing benefits in this way is not the role of the state, especially when tax dollars are in short supply and there are critical programs being affected by the decrease in revenue.”

It appears the representative is saying, If marriage between two consenting adults was permitted then he wouldn’t have introduced this bill

This law, if passed will also cut benefits for the children of domestic partners who are currently covered.

I love the hypocrisy.

Republicans like this will trot out the “We have to protect the Children” argument as long as it’s against same sex marriage. But in back room deals they’ll cut benefits to those same children without any twinge from their conscience.

This highlights again how Domestic Partnership is NOT the same as marriage, and demonstrates why same sex marriage must be made legal in this country. The only way for gay men and women to have parity in their rights is through marriage.

Everyone in this country must have equal rights or none of us will.