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The 219th General Assembly (GA) of the PC(USA), at its meeting in Minneapolis in July, 2010, voted to “urge” the Board of Pensions (BOP) to extend benefits—both retirement and health—to the same-sex partners of PC(USA) employees (“members”) covered through the BOP. The wording of the action includes those partners’ children, and would provide the coverage on the same basis as BOP coverage is provided to heterosexual spouses of “members” and to children of those spouses.
The Board is not obligated to comply with this request.
For a statement outlining our concerns with this request from the G.A., click here.
Please write directly to the Corporate Secretary of the Board of Pensions, and to members of the special committee addressing this issue, and urge them not to comply with the General Assembly's request. While your letter should be your own, and not simply a carbon copy of someone else's, we've provided a few sample letters that may serve as examples to get you started. Letter should be sent to:
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