Incorrect. She may have been treated differently based on her sexual orientation but not because of her sex unless the judge is claiming that lesbian is an entirely new gender from woman or that the benefits would have still been denied if she had an ailing husband.
This is either bad law or awful reporting.
Still, if homosexuals can legally marry in Massachusetts and if Wal-Mart's health coverage provides for covering sick spouses of employees, Wal-Mart has little recourse but to pay the woman so long as the laws were applicable at the time the health claims were filed.
It was not because of the lesbianism. It was because of their obesity.
You realize this is not even unlikely any more. They just make it up as they go along.