The New York Times reports. Whether private employers extend coverage to all partners in such relationships is up to them.The City Council approved the ordinance unanimously June 25, and Mayor Joseph Curtatone signed it into law Monday, according to The Boston Globe.Unlike other cities in the region, Somerville didn’t have a domestic-partnership law.
Such measures were widespread, especially in liberal cities, as a way to recognize both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships before the arrival of nationwide marriage equality thanks to the U.S.