Domestic partners mailing list

Domestic@cs.cmu.edu is a list of people interested in sharing information about domestic partner benefits.

HOW CAN I SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE?

MAJORDOMO is a program that automatically maintains mailing list. CMU has several majordomo servers. Requests for the domestic partner mailing list should be send to MAJORDOMO-DOMESTIC@CS.CMU.EDU. The subject line can be left blank. The body of your message should be:

subscribe domestic

or

subscribe domestic <your user id>

To unsubscribe, your message body should be:

unsubscribe domestic

To get a Frequently Asked Questions document, your message body should be:

info domestic

WHAT ARE DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS?

Many employees grant benefits, such as health care insurance, to married-spouses of employees. People who are in committed relationships cannot enjoy these benefits because they are not sanctioned by the state. Gays and lesbians are particularly affected since they cannot marry. Granting equivalent benefits to domestic partnerships recognizes this discrimination against same-sex couples and seeks to correct it by defining when committed partners will be treated as spouses for the purpose of granting employee benefits.

WHO HAS DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS?

Many cities, universities and companies offer domestic partner benefits. Examples include New Orleans, New York City, Apple, Borland, Silicon Graphics, Viacom, etc. A large list of companies is maintained on-line and updated periodically by the Human Rights Campaign (although one should be cautious as several errors have been observed on this list -- including one about UIC).
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