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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