BY DAN HORN
Miami University's practice of offering benefits to same-sex "domestic partners" of its employees survived another court challenge Tuesday.
The Ohio 12th District Court of Appeals ruled that State Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr., a Cincinnati Republican, did not have legal standing to sue the university over its benefits policy................................
Brinkman's suit was supported by the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian legal organization. Another advocacy group, Lambda Legal in Chicago, intervened in support of Miami's policy.
Al Gerhardstein, one of Lambda's lawyers, said the rulings establish that the insurance does not constitute recognition of gay marriage, as Brinkman claimed. "If he really wants to change this, he should go through the legislature," Gerhardstein said. "I would hope he'd have a hard time there."
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