"Three gay couples are suing California's giant public pension fund and the Internal Revenue Service to make long-term care insurance available to the same-sex spouses of state government workers. Claudia Center, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, said the California Public Employees' Retirement System is violating the couples' civil rights by making gay spouses ineligible for the program," reports CBS2.com. "The law center filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco on behalf of the three married couples. CalPERS spokesman Brad Pacheco says the agency makes the rest of its benefits available to gay spouses but that the long-term care program must abide by federal law, which does not recognize same-sex unions."
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
3 married gay couples sue California pension fund over insurance
"Three gay couples are suing California's giant public pension fund and the Internal Revenue Service to make long-term care insurance available to the same-sex spouses of state government workers. Claudia Center, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, said the California Public Employees' Retirement System is violating the couples' civil rights by making gay spouses ineligible for the program," reports CBS2.com. "The law center filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco on behalf of the three married couples. CalPERS spokesman Brad Pacheco says the agency makes the rest of its benefits available to gay spouses but that the long-term care program must abide by federal law, which does not recognize same-sex unions."
