EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. considers phasing out DP benefits
The Washington Blade has learned the State Department is considering phasing out domestic partner benefits for unmarried gay employees in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling that struck down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Patrick Kennedy, under secretary for management at the State Department, told representatives of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies during a Dec. 22 meeting that the agency plans to move forward the proposed elimination of the Same-Sex Domestic Partner (SSDP) program.
GLIFAA President Selim Ariturk told the Washington Blade that many of his organization’s members come from states that have yet to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. He said their partners could also lose their jobs “simply for getting married to someone of the same gender.” Ariturk further noted that legally married foreign-born partners of GLIFAA members could face additional threats in their respective homelands.
“A diplomat from the embassy of an anti-gay country could walk into D.C. City Hall today and ask to see the marriage records of such a couple,” Ariturk told the Blade. “Those records could then be used to ‘convict’ the foreign partner of homosexuality the next time he travels home. The danger is real.”
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I confused "The Blade" with the "Blaze" which we all know is run by a nutty person. I've never heard of this paper and needed instruction on exactly what it is. Mea culpa, I didn't mean to offend anyone, let alone my LGBT friends and family. 
