Domestic Partner Benefits

There are over 9,000 employers nationwide that offer domestic partner benefits and same sex partners are included. By offering domestic partner benefits, these companies have a chance of recruiting employees that are more qualified. Although this is a good business decision, it is also a fair decision.

Domestic partner is a couple that has a long-term relationship, but one does not qualify for benefits because they are not married. This does include same sex couples as well as heterosexual couples. The most common benefit is health insurance. This is important for everyone to have no matter what his or her health status is now.

The first company to start the ball rolling on domestic partner benefits was Lotus Development. Thousands of companies have followed this same type of policy. Every day another company adds themselves to the growing list. Some government agencies are starting to follow the same as they work to retain new employees. By offering equal benefits to all employees, companies win and so does the public.

The right to have affordable health care is important and because of these companies standing up for equal rights to everyone, no one should have to go without health care.

Right now, 9,374 employers offer domestic partner benefits. This is comprised of 270 Fortune 500 companies, 8653 private sector companies, 13 state governments, 144 city and county governments and 304 colleges and universities.

The total keeps going up and soon it will be the normal thing for companies to offer domestic partner benefits. This is a start and everyone needs to realize this and accept it.

Joining The Support Of The Gay Community

I have seen and heard many comments about the gay community and I have one conclusion. Many people are starting to see the groups against the gay community as a pest more than anything. Why I say this, you might wonder. The latest scam by the AFA to boycott McDonalds in Illinois only netted a handful of people. These people had nothing important to say. They stood around listening to some hogwash being spouted by the "leader."

The people were not as supported of the boycott as one might think. What has actually happened is that McDonald's stocks went up. Yes, everyone has decided to eat more and keep McDonalds in the loop of places to eat. If you look around at things that happen throughout the states, you will see that most times, these people are looking for attention more than they are supporting their supposed cause.

Seeing more support for the gay community is something that should not be needed because it should have never been an issue. Nevertheless, it is nice to see some people finally realizing that they cannot stop people from being themselves. Maybe they are waking up and realizing that people have just had enough of the boycotts and the discrimination.

Some day soon, this will be over and then everyone can get along and leave everyone live their own lives without interference from a few who need to have their views publicly heard no matter how ludicrous they seem.

Facts And Myths About Gay Parenting And Adoption

We often here people saying the reason for forbidding gay adoption is that children need two parents. Evidently, children that are raised by two parents are better than a child raised by one parent. The truth is that children raised by one parent turn out just fine. Children raised by gay parents turn out just fine.

A good example of a child being raised by gay parents and having a good life is the Cincinnati Reds player Joe Valentine. Joe is a relief pitcher who was raised by two moms. He respects his moms and loves them. They must have raised him very well since he is a member of a national baseball team. Joe said that having two moms was no different from having a mother and a father. Joe Valentine is married and worked very hard to get to where he is today with the support of his two moms.

Here are a few myths and facts about gay parenting that no one seems to get.

Myth - Kids raised by gay parents are gay.

Truth – There is no evidence that supports any suggestion that children that are raised by gay parents grow up gay.

Myth – Children have more problems if raised by gay parents.

Truth – The American Psychological Association conducted tests and the findings were that children raised by gay parents have no disadvantages from child raised by heterosexual parents. Both home situations provide grow psychosocially.

Myth – Gay men are prone to sexually assault child.

Truth – There is no connection between sexual orientation and sexual assault of children. This truth was concluded by the Child Welfare League and the Connecticut Correctional System.

Myth – Social workers say that gay parents should not adopt children.

Truth – The fact is that social workers agree that heterosexual parent and gay parents are both evaluated the same way to see if they would make good parents. Sexual orientation is not a part of the evaluation.


Myth - Gay people do not need or want a family.

Truth – The truth is that a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that gay people that are not currently parents would like to have children and be a family. This was 49 percent of the gay people polled. Today there are over four million gay parents raising between eight to ten million children.

Eight to ten million children being raised by gay parents. Yes, they are the next generation that will be voting to allow gay marriages and gay adoptions. There is hope for the world yet.