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MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—A Florida LGBT advocacy group on Wednesday applauded the Miami Beach City Commission for unanimously passing a tax equity ordinance that allows the city to reimburse municipal employees in domestic partnerships who pay extra taxes on health benefits that married heterosexuals do not have to pay.

“This ordinance finally puts city employees in domestic partnerships, whether same- or opposite-sex, on a level playing field with couples in legally recognized marriages when it comes to paying taxes on health benefits,” SAVE Dade Executive Director CJ Ortuño said.

Ortuño noted city employees in domestic partnerships paid nearly $1,000 a year more than their married heterosexual counterparts.

“The new policy corrects that inequality,” he said.