The most potentially powerful of these approaches is the attempt to amend the United States Constitution with the Marriage Protection Amendment.7 The Amendment would not only end the debate about whether same-sex couples would be allowed to marry, but may also lead some states to revoke benefits they had given to same-sex couples under the belief that to deny equal benefits would violate their state constitution,8 thereby taking away benefits presently conferred on domestic partners in some locations.9 Many commentators claim that the administration is not seriously interested in passing this amendment and that it is merely an attempt by conservative politicians to shore up their political base for upcoming elections.10 Other groups are committed to passing this amendment eventually. c...
...A. Domestic Partnership Ordinances and Statutes. Since the 1970s activists...
... or herself advocating for domestic partnership benefits in more than one arena. For example, whil...
Referendum 71 shouldn't be confusing. But it can get that way in a hurry. When backers of the referendum that would roll back domestic- partnership benefits for gay couples and senior domestic partners age 62 and older sought signatures to put the measure on the ballot, the petition filled 40 pages in tiny script. The legislation that the referendum signers wanted to overturn -- Senate Bill 5688 -- was also encyclopedic in length, covering more than 110 pages.
Remember at the beginning of his terms, [Tommy Thompson] was seen as a 'Dr. No' nut-job," says [Mark Graul]. "It was later, after his election, that Tommy Thompson became the vast moderate." He predicts the same thing will happen with his guy: "[Mark Green] is one of the commonsense Wisconsin guys. He believes that government is going to do things to help people. "Mark Green supports allowing individuals to form domestic partnerships, but not marry," says Graul. "He also believes that if a corporation wants to provide domestic partnership benefits to its employees, it should be allowed to do so." Asked about Green's affiliations with gays and whether they approve of his advocacy in this area, Graul assures, "Mark has gay friends. Mark has hired gay people. And they all support him for...
Domestic partnership benefits are not portable, they offer sortie benefits but they create a second class status," [Norma Vazquez de Houdek] tells SFR. She quickly adds that while she supports HB 9 as a "good first step to marriage," it's not "full and equal equality. "I think it's really important to get what you can get, when you can get it," [Linda Siegel] says. The bill would entitle both gay and straight couples who have "chosen to share in another adult's life in a relationship of mutual caring and support" to "the same legal obligations, responsibilities, protections and benefits" that are currently available to married couples, according to the text of the proposal. Just like couples seeking civil marriage, domestic partners would have to pay a $25 registration fee. That hasn'...
The University of Missouri Faculty Council yesterday unanimously approved a resolution supporting same-sex domestic partnership benefits, but it's too early to say whether faculty support will actually result in changes to the UM System's benefit packages. UM President Gary Forsee ultimately will have to decide whether to put the proposal in front of the Board of Curators. If he does, that discussion would likely happen in late summer, when curators regularly review any proposed changes to benefits, UM spokeswoman Jennifer Hollingshead said.
For this election, the regular process experienced something new; Miguel Morales would potentially be both the first openly gay trustee and the first person of color to serve on the board of trustees in the college's 40-year history. Fortunately for the numerous LGBT students and faculty, the JCCC faculty association pressed the college into approving domestic partnership benefits earlier this summer before the new members officially joined the board and could have potentially prevented it from passing.
The University of Missouri Faculty Council yesterday unanimously approved a resolution supporting same-sex domestic partnership benefits, but it's too early to say whether faculty support will actually result in changes to the UM System's benefit packages. UM President Gary Forsee ultimately will have to decide whether to put the proposal in front of the Board of Curators. If he does, that discussion would likely happen in late summer, when curators regularly review any proposed changes to benefits, UM spokeswoman Jennifer Hollingshead said.
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