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		<title>Supreme Court Same-Sex Fed Marriage Rights Ruling has Little Impact on Cecil County Govt.; Legally Wed Folks Now Get Benefits</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A landmark Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday, finding that same-sex legally married couples must have equal rights to benefits under federal law, is expected to have little impact on Cecil County government employees, who already have spousal benefits, a county official said. Donna Nichols, Cecil County’s Director of Human Resources, told Cecil Times that she had followed the breaking news of the Supreme Court decision on Wednesday and that the early indications were that little would change in county policy regarding employee benefits as a result of the ruling. For the past several years, all legally married employees—regardless of the gender of their spouses—have had access to health benefits, she said. However, she said that other issues—such as requirements under the separate federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) might have to be re-evaluated and revised in light of the new high court decision. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional because it violated basic rights and equal protections under the law, and had improperly written “inequality” into federal law. As a result, benefits and legal rights provided under federal law will now be equally applied to legally married same-sex couples. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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