Texas Insurance

With nearly 2 to 1 here, the voters of a policy, health insurance benefits for the live broadcast of homosexual partners in the city and other non-employees. With the vote on Saturday, Austin, one of about 20 cities with such benefits was the first to cancel its policy.

The passage of Proposition 22, an amendment of the Charter of the City, this means that the sickness funds are again right only workers who are members of the family. Some Christian groups, actions have ensured that they would push lifting of efforts in other cities similar measures.

The group leader, the proposal sponsored by concerned Texans, presented the advantages of a perversion of traditional values of the family. Spokesman for gays rights groups has called for the repeal of the living proof for Anti-Gay Bias in a city, known as the most liberal in Texas.

Austin, insofar as the non accompanist for 98 workers of the city by the City Council has approved the policy in September. The advantage is cancelled because Monday.

Many voters expressed support for the action does not mean that homosexuals have been convicted. With one last fee increase of ownership over their heads, because they said that the vote was a way to save $ 104000, the city of estimated annual cost for the provision of insurance.

“I do not think ever gay bashing,” said Marty Guarino, a retired printer. “East me no matter how some people want to live, but I’m simply not pay.” Conflict with Apple Computer

The vote comes back to Austin on the heels of a controversy late last year in neighboring Williamson County, where commissioners have first to deny the existence of tax relief for Apple Computer because the company had extended benefits for the partners are not members of his staff. The decision was overturned after Dir Ann W. Richards pressure commissioners to reconsider.

A slow increase in the number of cities and businesses, domestic partners benefits.

But the Rev. Charles Bullock, pastor of Christ Memorial Baptist Church and the founder and president of Texans, Austin, showed the vote, a strong if the singing is not always the majority, contrary to what he sees as irresponsible spending and morality.

“The grass roots and bypass their leaders say we are conservative and we will vote,” he said.

Like many a push: Austin’s vote was postponed other groups, it remains to be seen. Repeal of efforts to achieve such a policy in Seattle and San Francisco, it lacking in recent years. New York City’s program, which was negotiated by the Dinkins administration and the municipal unions and met in January, never to voters.

In Austin, some voters said they were less concerned about benefits for homosexuals, as they were about heterosexuals, were nothing more than friends using the program: Of the 98 employees, its partners registered, 29 have same-sex partners, the City of human resources. ‘Let Them Get Married ”

“Why should I have to pay to live?” Kunz said Rebecca, 29, a housewife, voted in favor of Proposition 22 “Let you must pay, or should they marry.”

But Hugh pole, a spokesman for Austin large coalition against Proposition 22, said that the arguments legere friends of the city were employed in exploiting the benefits were false.

“He needs more information on registration as domestic partners as called for a marriage license,” he said. People could lose because of perjury or their city jobs, if it lied to its partners.

Still, the final margin of 22 Proposal sure seemed final: 51475 or 62 per cent in favour of 31082 votes or 38 percent, against.

In the struggle hard before the vote, each page of the other defendants, large amounts of money from Out-of-State-organisms.

In an interview today, Mr. minimized the full support of his group have received from the Christian Coalition or the American Family Association, two national Christian groups, “said Strange was active in the battle.