….UW-Madison is already the only Big Ten school that is not able to offer health benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian faculty members. If this amendment passes, it would make it impossible for the UW to offer partnership benefits to faculty, and this would lessen the appeal of the UW as an employer and may even cause some current faculty to look for employment elsewhere. This would have a very negative impact on the quality of the education that the UW can offer its students because it would not be able to compete academically and offer a quality education….
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