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...regardless of if they are in same-sex or opposite-sex unions. The web-based survey, conducted by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, reported that 40 percent of universities now offer benefits to same sex partners, an increase from last year’s statistic of 38 percent. The study also reported that 31 percent of colleges surveyed provide health benefits for opposite-sex partners who are not legally married. This January, Harvard will join these institutions in extending benefits to family members of employees in opposite-sex partnerships, according to Kathleen M. Tipping, a benefits...
...believe what you believe,” which ultimately caused him to leave the state senate. “The longer you stay [in politics], the more ossified you become,” he said. Barrios said his personal beliefs were important when he actively opposed a ban on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. “The gay marriage debate was an excellent example of the notion of having values in politics and when not to compromise,” he said. Barrios pledged to remain committed to public service in his position at the Blue Cross Blue Shield...
More evidence of nature's intent to design men as active parents might be seen in the effects of involved fathering on children. Given the politically charged debates over same-sex unions and single parenting, it is perhaps not surprising that the richest area in the nascent field of fatherhood research is in the results of fathers' absence. David Popenoe of Rutgers University has pointed to increased rates of juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and other problems among children raised without a male parent present. Research on the unique skills men bring to parenting is sparse but intriguing. Eleanor Maccoby...
...While all Democrats, these men tend not to fit the typical Democratic mold. Booker supports school vouchers, Obama champions tort reform, and Ford and Davis oppose same-sex marriage. Unlike many of their African-American predecessors, the mayors appointed non-black public schools chancellors (Fenty) and police chiefs (Booker) to govern majority-black cities...
...asked why American congregations are seeking leadership thousands of miles away. Guernsey says that he was part of the U.S. Episcopal Church for 29 years before he fled to Uganda in 2006. Much of the Anglican Church in Africa is opposed to the ordaining of gay priests and to same-sex unions. Many African countries have laws banning homosexuality altogether...