Equal rights in CA begins January 1st!
Last minute legal challenges denied!

Shipping last minute holiday gifts?...
BOYCOTT FedEx!!!
  
Friends,

First of all, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,  Happy Kwanza.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!  Click HERE to view Jerry, Ed & Edi's holiday card to you all

Please spread the word about companies with federally regulated health plans that have decided not to extend health benefits to spouses of gay workers, saying the plans are not bound by Massachusetts’ same-sex marriage law.

General Dynamics Corp., FedEx Corp. and Caritas Christi Health Care are among the employers that do not provide married gay workers in Massachusetts with the same health benefits available to heterosexual married couples.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

TELL FedEx HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THEIR COMPANY: CONTACT FedEx HERE.

Here is a copy of what I just sent:
I would like for this email to be forwarded to your director of "social responsibility" as listed on your corporate website.

How dare you publish such a section while denying same-gendered married couples/families the same benefits and protections as families of heterosexual couples!  Especially in states as MA, where such relationships are legally recognized.

I will have you know that I intend to boycott your company and will dedicate myself to spreading the word to as many others as possible to do the same.

Please reconsider your policies of prejudice!

Jerry Ringuette

Notable items this week:
  

Domestic Partner Rights in California as of Jan 1
 
Depending on how you count them, there can be hundreds of marital rights, obligations and benefits that the state of California will now also give to registered domestic partners.

Here are some of the major categories of rights that will now be shared by registered domestic partners as of Jan. 1:

-- Joint ownership of property acquired during the partnership
-- Joint responsibility for debt incurred during the partnership
-- Joint parenthood of children born during a partnership
-- Authorization of medical treatment for partner's children
-- Use of family court system for custody and support of children born during the 
    partnership
-- Right to divide property & debt, & to request support & child support upon 
   dissolution of relationship
-- Extended unpaid leave to care for a partner
-- Privilege to confidential communications and not to testify against partner
-- Joint coverage on auto insurance policies
-- Post-mortem decisions such as disposition of remains & authorization of autopsy
-- Burial in joint or family cemetery plot
-- Protection against disinheritance by partner
-- Compensation provided to victims of violent crime
-- Right to inherit certain licenses, permits and franchises
-- Benefits for partners of public employees, such as continued retirement benefits 
    and health coverage after death of public employee.

FULL STORY
 
 

Court Denies Bid to Block Gay Rights Bill

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A state appeals court on Tuesday denied an effort by Christian activists to prevent a law that will grant same-sex couples nearly all the rights and responsibilities as married couples from taking effect on Jan. 1.

The court rejected the groups’ request for an emergency stay, but is allowing the legal challenges to the law itself to move forward.

The groups -- the Campaign for California Families and the Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund -- are appealing a September ruling by a Superior Court judge.

FULL STORY

 

Newfoundland Legalizes Gay Marriage

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador became the seventh to approve same-sex marriage, making it legal in all provinces except New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Alberta, where Premier Ralph Klein has emerged as a leading opponent of gay marriage. The provincial decision comes almost two weeks after Canada's Supreme Court said that a proposed federal bill to change the definition of marriage nationwide is constitutional, clearing the way for the government to introduce the measure next month.

FULL STORY

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