Local government leaders don't plan to retreat from offering domestic partnership benefits in the wake of voters' decision last week to rewrite the Florida Constitution to outlaw gay marriage and anything similar to it.

The governments and school districts of Broward and Palm Beach counties offer health insurance coverage to domestic partners of their employees, as do a handful of cities. Both counties also have partnership registries that grant unmarried gay and straight couples certain visitation and decision-making rights.

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