Two of the largest U.S. telecommunications companies, Sprint and SBC Communications, will continue to offer same-sex domestic partner benefits to employees in Kansas despite the overwhelming passage of a broadly worded anti-gay marriage amendment in the state this week.

On Tuesday, Kansas voters passed an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage by a 70-30 margin. The amendment defined marriage as between one man and one woman, and stated that, “No relationship, other than a marriage, shall be recognized by the state as entitling the parties to the rights or incidents of marriage.”

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Maybe the Democratic party could use a little coaching from the people over at Sprint (I’m so proud to be a customer – right now, anyway). They don’t seem to care that people disagree with them… and they might be a big help with a campaign theme for 2008. I’m thinking Fuck Utah. It’s catchy, isn’t it?