First Tennessee city approves same-sex benefits
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Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics
Collegedale has become the first city in Tennessee to offer benefits to same-sex spouses of government employees. The city council voted 4 to 1 to approve the proposal. The lone vote against it came from Mayor John Turner, who says he voted for the 74 people who reached out to him opposing the policy. The city's vote came after Collegedale Detective Kat Cooper said she was denied family health coverage for her wife Krista.
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