The letters column of the April 20 issue of the (non-weekly) 
_Princeton_Alumni_Weekly_ contains some information that may
be of interest here.

In reply to an offensive (I would say, amazingly offensive, 
except that in the context of letters to the PAW it's just run
of the mill) letter from Walter Guzzardi '42, which begins

	Perhaps my dislike of the university's action
	in extending spousal benefits to the partners
	of homosexual employees (Notebook, February 23)
	would diminish if the university, or PAW, would
	supply the answers to these questions:

	   What do the data show about the experience of
	Stanford and Chicago?  How many homosexual partners
	has each homosexual employee there had, on average,
	over the course of a year? ... ,

the editor solicited a reply from Richard R. Spies, VP for
finance and administration.  It is as follows.

	The university has not yet worked out all the details
	of the registration process for domestic partners of
	faculty and staff members who wish to become eligible
	for health benefits and other programs available to
	spouses.  Those wishing to register their domestic
	partners must confirm their financial interdependence,
	which will include verification that the partners take
	responsibility for each other's loans and other liabilities,
	both current and those yet to be incurred, as well as joint
	responsibility for their housing and other living costs.
	They must also confirm that they have been living together
	as domestic partners for at least six months.
	   If the relationship ends for any reason, the faculty
	or staff member will be required to notify the university
	immediately, and there will be a specified waiting period
	(e.g., six months) before that faculty or staff member can
	register a different person for domestic-partner benefits.
	These terms and conditions are similar to those in place at
	other universities with extended health benefits to same-sex
	partners, and there is no evidence of abuse or unusually 
	heavy claims by faculty and staff members and their domestic
	partners at these institutions.

Lee Rudolph