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Walmart grants benefits to immorality: homosexual partners and unmarried couples

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BENTONVILLE, AR , August 29, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The world’s largest retailer has quietly notified its more than 1.2 million U.S. employees that beginning next year, full-time workers can share company benefits any domestic partner of their choosing, whether gay or straight, married or unmarried. Arkansas-based Walmart , the nation’s largest private employer, sent out a postcard this week announcing plans to let employees share benefits like health insurance and life insurance. In a  memo  explaining the decision, the company said it was trying to keep pace with the competition, stating that “of 30 retail competitors, all but two (Publix and Stop and Shop union plan) provide either same- or opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.” The company also blamed ObamaCare and the recent Supreme Court decision striking down a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act for its new policies, saying that offering coverage for everyone was easier than trying to navigate...