Employers and same-sex couples in Texas will be watching this case — the state’s supreme court has decided that same-sex couples aren’t necessarily entitled to the benefits that come to straight couples automatically.
The Dallas News reports that while the court conceded that same-sex marriage is legal, the “reach and ramifications” of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined. Translated, gay couples aren’t guaranteed benefits that straight couples are.
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