I went to Fordham for a split second, and it’s cool to see the university is finally giving health benefits to same-sex partners:
Faculty members fought for four years to extend equal benefits for every member of the faculty, regardless of sexual orientation. Previously, legally domiciled adults (LDAs) were not recognized in the faculty’s benefits package. This means that same-sex marriages and partnerships, including relationships between two men, two women, or between an unmarried man and woman, were not afforded the same benefits as marriages between heterosexual individuals.
What’s more interesting to me, & more precedent-setting, is the final sentence of the same paragraph:
LDA benefits also extend to faculty members who may be responsible for caring for an elderly parent or another dependent adult in their household.
Which is how it should be: anyone should be able to name their own dependent.