Letter in which Lambda Legal and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1604, urge the Bellevue City Council to adopt swiftly a domestic partner benefits plan providing family benefits to all city employees without discrimination based on sexual orientation, marital status or the sex of one’s life partner.
“Lambda Legal and Local 1604 are delighted that the City Council is considering the adoption of a domestic partner benefits plan. As the plaintiffs in the deGroen lawsuit know well, a denial of family-support benefits inflicts real harms on dedicated, loyal City employees. Lambda Legal and Local 1604 therefore urge the City Council immediately to end the City’s restriction of those benefits to only married employees.”