According to a story in Employee Benefit News (May, 2010), the Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C. stopped offering benefits to its employee's spouses after Washington, D.C. legalized same-sex marriages. It will no longer offer benefits to the spouses of future employees, current employees who get married in the future, or current spouses who aren't already enrolled in the benefit plan. "As a Catholic social service organization, we follow the teachings of the Catholic Church," stated a official of the organization.
So why does this hit the "Thinking Tracks" blog -- it's more relevant to the HR Tracking blog (it's posted there too)? Simply because the article starts with the statement that when the same-sex marriage law took effect, some "local employers and residents took note of a serious unintended consequence."
I know that I can easily be accused of repeating Lisa Scottoline's quote too often -- frankly I think I need to repeat it -- with examples -- every day. But it applies -- again!! -- here: This is something that was easily predictable. "You’re a lawyer, Victoria, and you know about foreseeable consequences. If you can foresee the consequences, you are charged with intending them, are you not?"
Monday, May 17, 2010
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