Missouri dedicates highway to gay trooper killed on duty, still refuses to give benefits to his partner

The state of Missouri sucks at consolation prizes. Today, a stretch of Interstate 44 in Franklin County will be dedicated to Missouri Highway Patrol trooper Dennis Engelhard, the highway patrolman who was killed on the same stretch of road on Christmas Day 2009.

As our cousins at the Riverfront Times point out, the state of Missouri is still denying Engelhard’s partner of 15 years, Kelly Glossip, survivor

benefits because same-sex relationships don’t count in the eyes of the state.