The Faculty Council of Boston University will raise the issue of same-sex domestic partner benefits with administrators, according to a Friday report in the Daily Free Press, Boston University's student newspaper.
Currently, Boston's policy denies partner benefits to gay faculty members. According to the Daily Free Press, the issue of benefits was raised in October and December of 2002, and in January of 2003, when 277 faculty and staff members signed a letter requesting benefits.
The Daily Free Press also reported the administration had not commented by press time.
The University also does not offer same-sex partner benefits. Faculty at the University and at Boston point to universities such as the University of Michigan, Stanford University and Harvard University, all of which have extended domestic benefits to same-sex partners, as part of their argument that their universities should offer such benefits.
--Compiled by Chris Jones
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