Awesome! Look - if people want 'equal' benefits for their gay partners, then ANYBODY with ANY partner should have benefits. It's an example of a slippery-slope in action.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington's state law that bars discrimination can't be enforced on the basis of sexual orientation and gender against some private employers' health benefit plans because it conflicts with federal law, state officials said Friday.

Marc Brenman, director of the state Human Rights Commission, said officials investigating a discrimination complaint found the state law doesn't apply to certain providers of health insurance under the 1974 federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA.

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Soon after the law took effect, Washingtonians began filing complaints with the Human Rights Commission, which has authority to enforce the state's civil rights protections.

One complaint stood out. It was filed by Sandi Scott-Moore, a Redmond-based employee of manufacturer Honeywell International, who claimed health insurance coverage for her male partner was unfairly denied because the unmarried couple were not of the same gender.

During their investigation, the Human Rights Commission's staff found they had no jurisdiction because of the ERISA conflict.
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