It was announced yesterday that the San Francisco 49ers (football team :-)) will offer full spousal benefits to the unmarried partners of their 220 employees, either same-sex or opposite-sex! I'm sure there's a complete report at the SF Chronicle/ Examiner's website

Cynics are suggesting that the Niners are doing this now to drum up support in the LGBT community for a "yes" vote in June on a currently unpopular bond measure to help finance a new football stadium/shopping-mall mega-complex...