Right move by UPS

UPS today announed that it would do the right thing and provide full benefits to civil-unioned (unionized?) couples in New Jersey, even though its contract does not recognize them.

The move — a small victory for gay and lesbian couples — may lead some to believe that the civil union law is workable. The reality, however, is that this kind of dispute is likely to continue popping up (a gay couple I know has both domestic partnership and civil union status but can only get benefits through their domestic partnership, which is a much more limited designation).

The answer is to change the civil union law and call the relationship what it is: Marriage.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet