http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/31/lost.rights.ap/index.html?iref=24hours
EAGLE, Idaho (AP) -- What they didn't know before moving to Idaho could fill a house, and in many ways it does.
Robert Ryan, 42, suffers from depression and asthma after surviving the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The kitchen table holds stacks of legal papers. Medication bottles litter a nearby countertop. The two-story home Robert Ryan, 42, shares with his partner, Ralph Martinelli, 53, overlooks a quaint suburb west of Boise, a rural landscape of ruddy hills that doesn't seem quite as welcoming as it once did.
A 2,400-mile move west that once seemed like a chance at a fresh start, has instead delivered some hard lessons -- especially about moving from a state that recognizes same-sex unions to one of the 21 states that don't.
The couple was stunned when Ryan was dropped from the company insurance plan the two shared in New Jersey, where they were able to register as domestic partners. Idaho does not formally recognize same-sex couples.
