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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.Seattle backs off allowance for gay employees
December 5, 2012 @ 6:12 am
SEATTLE (AP) - The city of Seattle has postponed plans for a wedding gift to gay and lesbian employees when they marry.
The city had planned to give those workers a $90 a month allowance to offset a federal tax break available only to heterosexual couples under the Defense of Marriage Act.
KIRO-FM reports ( http://is.gd/MsJQHW) the benefit would cost Seattle taxpayers $162,000 a year.
The city attorney's office raised concerns the benefit would violate state law.
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn canceled plans for a Wednesday news conference, but he says the city is still looking at options to address the tax inequality for same-sex couples.
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Information from: KIRO-FM, http://mynorthwest.com/
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