Demand Mass employers pay LGBT employees as much as straights

The City of Cambridge has decided to increase the gross pay of employees with same-sex spouses so that their take-home pay is equal to that of employees with opposite-sex spouses once the federal gay taxes have taken effect. 

This is a great example they've set. Until we have federal laws requiring equal marriage everywhere, Massachusetts should require that as part of its nondiscrimination laws and its commitment to equal marriage, all employers need to offset the discriminatory federal insurance taxes so that their employees are paid equally for equal work.

Write your state senator and representative and get someone to sponsor this. Oh, and if any human rights organizations that have more power than my lame little blog want to take this on, please do.

The Human Rights Campaign has an article explaining to businesses how and why they should provide equal pay for LGBT employees.