The Palm Beach
County School District has agreed to insure the children
of its employees' domestic partners.
As Floridians
prepare to decide on Amendment 2 -- an initiative that
could constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in the state
-- on November 4, Palm Beach made a bold
statement of gay tolerance by offering increased
domestic-partner benefits.
"The School
Board's pro-family policy of insuring the children of
domestic partners could not have come at a better time,"
said Rand Hoch, president of the Palm Beach County
Human Rights Council, in a release. "In these
uncertain economic times, all families need access to
affordable health insurance."
The Palm Beach
school board last year adjusted its health insurance rates
to allow employees with domestic partners to pay the same
premiums as married partners. (Neal Broverman, The
Advocate)