BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Peter Burkholder was recruited heavily before he finally accepted his job as a music professor at Indiana University 19 years ago. He’s loved it, but now he’s threatening to leave if state lawmakers pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Burkholder said he has come to accept that Indiana likely never will recognize his union with partner Doug McKinney. But he fears the amendment will keep him and McKinney from receiving domestic-partner benefits through IU and so hurt the couple’s chances of adopting a child.