Conservative activists have argued that the domestic partnership law approved by the Oregon Legislature this year is the equivalent of allowing gay couples to marry.
But retired teacher Barbara Pinkerton wouldn’t agree.
After retired teacher and Oregon resident Barbara Pinkerton broke up with her partner, she learned that she could not remove her "ex" as a beneficiary of her Oregon state pension benefits. That's because only married couples can remove a beneficiary from their state pension, after a formal divorce, and the Public Employees Retirement System Board found that Pinkerton and her partner were never legally married. Pinkerton's case is now on appeal to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
August 07, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Conservative activists have argued that the domestic partnership law approved by the Oregon Legislature this year is the equivalent of allowing gay couples to marry.
But retired teacher Barbara Pinkerton wouldn’t agree.
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