by Joseph Farah

About the author: Joseph Farah is the author of This Land Is Our Land and editor of Dispatches, a biweekly cultural watchdog publication, and Inside California, a monthly political newsletter.

Imagine you’re a successful television writer. You’ve just signed a lucrative contract for a new fall series. Now you’re eager for the Writers Guild of America West to extend your existing health insurance benefits to your live-in girlfriend.

Sorry, pal. No dice. Guild policies don’t permit unmarried members to include their partners in health coverage. OK, fair enough, you say. This policy has probably been around for 40 years and predates the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

But wait a minute. It’s not old. In fact, it’s brand new...