If you’ve ever listened to the soundtrack of 42nd Street, or picked up a copy of Billy Joel’s greatest hits, you’ve heard of Allentown, Pennsylvania. But beyond just the pop culture lore, the city is gaining prominence as growth from nearby Philadelphia continues to move in its direction.
I have a particular bone to pick with Allentown, as toward the end of the 1990s, the city was in a competition with my hometown (Erie, Pennsylvania) for third most populous city in Pennsylvania. Allentown won, and hasn’t looked back.
But here’s one way that Allentown can earn back some good graces, not only from me but from LGBT residents throughout Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley — the city is set to consider offering medical benefits to partners of gay municipal employees. If it adopts the measure, Allentown will become another example of local advances for LGBT equality in the Keystone State, and the first city to offer such benefits in the region.
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Following months of heated debate, Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday signed House Bill 4770, eliminating health care coverage for domestic partners of public employees, and prohibiting any government entity in the state from providing such coverage.
