NC Town Considers Domestic Partner Benefits

Jason St. Amand READ TIME: 1 MIN.

A Winston-Salem City Council committee is to consider whether to offer benefits to same-sex domestic partners.

Local media outlets reported the proposal is on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of a council committee.

But city officials say they already are offering benefits to those who have been married anywhere in the country where same-sex marriages are legal.

Human Resources Director Carmen Caruth wrote employees last month telling them the city would recognize marriage licenses from any state or U.S. jurisdiction.

Caruth cited a ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned a gay-marriage ban in Virginia and a recent statement by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper that he would no longer defend the marriage amendment to the state constitution.

That amendment was approved in 2012.


by Jason St. Amand , National News Editor

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