UPDATE: AT&T has issued a statement saying that they're working to address this situation, and that they'll make sure Dickensen is given sick leave to care for his partner. Per AT&T's statement, "AT&T regrets that there has been confusion over the administration of family leave with respect to registered domestic partners. We have taken steps to ensure that FMLA is extended to employees with registered domestic partners for the purpose of caring for the partner, regardless of the state in which the employee resides. AT&T has a long history of inclusiveness and we embrace and celebrate diversity of race, ethnicity and sexual orientation in our workforce."

Bryan Dickenson and Bill Sugg have been together as a couple for 30 years.

Dickenson has been an employee of AT&T for 12 years, presumably considered a really good employee, given his tenure there. In September, Dickenson's partner, Sugg, had a serious stroke that put him in the hospital. For the past six months, Dickenson has been using vacation time in order to visit his partner once a week in a rehabilitation center.

Why is Dickenson using vacation time to visit his recovering partner? Because AT&T won't grant him a medical leave to be with his partner. Because they're gay.

AT&T says that because Texas law doesn't require them to recognize their relationship, Dickenson shouldn't be given time off to visit his ailing partner, even though heterosexual employees of AT&T would be given time to visit their spouses.

Tell AT&T that this policy is not only discriminatory, it's cruel. Send a letter right now to AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, as well as corporate spokesperson Walt Sharp.