"I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir ... the Jungian thing, sir."
Private Joker, Full Metal Jacket
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Shark on TMJ4 tonight
I will be on TMJ4's election coverage tonight, commenting on the returns on the marriage amendment. James Widgerson, Ingrid from Fair Wisconsin and I will be remote with John Mercure at UWM. Will I mention the fraudulent robocalls?
I doubt they'll ask me and I do not know precisely what their program entails, but I do not believe that the amendment, as written, prohibits an employer from allowing you to share your benefits with an adult dependent. A closer question arises when an employer limits the dependent with whom benefits may be shared to someone with whom you are in a spouse-like relationship, but, even then, I think that the intent of the drafters and the wording og the amendment is pretty clear. Because it doesn't create a laegal status identical to or substantially similar to marriage, it is permitted.
I doubt they'll ask me and I do not know precisely what their program entails, but I do not believe that the amendment, as written, prohibits an employer from allowing you to share your benefits with an adult dependent. A closer question arises when an employer limits the dependent with whom benefits may be shared to someone with whom you are in a spouse-like relationship, but, even then, I think that the intent of the drafters and the wording og the amendment is pretty clear. Because it doesn't create a laegal status identical to or substantially similar to marriage, it is permitted.
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