Exxon Will Give Gay Couples Equal Benefits, But Still Won’t Promise Not To Fire

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Exxon Will Give Gay Couples Equal Benefits, But Still Won't Promise Not To Fire LGBT Workers
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/exxon-will-give-gay-couples-equal-benefits-but-still-wont-pr
Author: Chris Geidner Source: BuzzFeed

On Friday, Exxon Mobil announced it would begin giving married same-sex couples equal benefits [. . .]

Despite the change, however, the company's policies are such that an employee who gets such benefits could be fired by the company simply for being gay — with no recourse within the company and, in some states, with no legal recourse under state law.