Interesting: Gay Marriage Ends Domestic Partners

From the Baltimore Sun: The O'Malley administration has notified state employees in same-sex relationships that they won't be able to include domestic partners in their health insurance anymore.
If they want coverage, they'll have to get married.
The policy change is the result of the new Maryland law allowing same-sex marriage, which took effect Jan. 1. The thinking is that offering health coverage to an unmarried same-sex partner doesn't make sense anymore, officials said, particularly since an unmarried heterosexual partner doesn't have the same right.
But the move by the administration — which introduced domestic partner benefits in 2009 and championed marriage equality last year — has drawn polite dissent from some of the administration's staunchest allies.
"It's really not the most equitable thing to be doing right now," said Carrie Evans, executive director of the gay and lesbian rights group Equality Maryland.
But the administration — backed by at least one prominent lesbian lawmaker — contends the decision is a matter of simple fairness.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Martin O'Malley said he extended domestic partnership status to same-sex couples, but not unmarried straight couples, precisely because people of the same gender were not permitted to marry.
Now that same-sex couples can marry, spokeswoman Raquel Guillory said, that reason no longer exists.
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/gay-lesbian/bs-md-domestic-benefits-20130502,0,2314573.story#ixzz2SJhbpRDF
Even though I am not in favor of gay marriage because of my religious beliefs, the people in Maryland voted (or their representatives) for gay marriage.
Therefore, I think this is a good idea- get rid of domestic partnership benefits.  If you want the benefits, go get married, gay or straight.