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Ohio’s Largest County Extends Health Benefits To Partners, Children Of Gay Employees | Ohio’s largest county has approved a bill to “expand health care benefit access for gay county employees to include their partners’ children,” the Associated Press reports. The Cuyahoga County Council voted 6-4 yesterday in favor of the benefit, which is limited only to same-sex couples and their children. “This is the first step to be more inclusive,” Council Vice President Sunny Simon, who introduced the legislation, said afterward. “[Opposite-sex couples] have a choice to get married. This particular group has no choice.” Watch a local news report on the vote:
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