http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/national/04gays.html?pagewanted=all
"We're not conflict seekers," Ms. Schwartz said. "We just want to live our lives quietly."
But at stake, they said, are the health benefits that Ms. Schwartz, as Dr. Moltz's domestic partner, receives from Wayne State University, which operates the hospital.
"It is not a small issue to us," said Ms. Schwartz. "I have a thyroid condition. And a main reason we moved to Michigan was so I would be able to stay at home with the children."
In November, Michigan voters, along with those in 12 other states, approved legislation to define marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. On March 16, Michigan's attorney general, Mike Cox, took that one step further, ruling that passage of the constitutional amendment meant that gay and lesbian state workers should be ineligible for health benefits for their partners in future contracts.
The only thing I have to add to this is that Kathy Moltz and her family are old friends of my family. Kathy, Dahlia and their children are a beautiful family and far healthier than most "normal" families I know.
Ironically, the last time we spoke a few months back, when I was telling her about my newfound political-activist streak (I'm the webmaster for the Detroit-area chapter of DFA), I remember her mentioning that she's "not a political person."
To her and Dahlia's credit, now that this issue has hit them head on, they're definitely stepping up to the plate to a far greater degree than I have!
(Title edited to personalize it a bit more)