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Wisconsin now offers limited Domestic Partnership benefits
2009-06-29 21:42:00 In an historic movement today, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle signed the state budget and along with it - Domestic Partnership protections for citizens as well as insurance rights for State employees.For a state that has an existing constitutional amendment banning marriage equality and civil unions it is truly an historic day! Â You can read the full budget hereThe bill does not grant marriage equality or civil untions but it does allow protections for couples in a same-sex, caring and committed relationship. Â As part of the Department of Health Services portion of the budget "The Governor recommends establishing a domestic partner registry maintained by county Registers of Deeds to allow for the registration of domestic partner relationships. Registered domestic partners...
Same-Sex Marriage Myths Busted
2009-04-29 14:44:00 Myths: Same-sex couples in New York can get the protections they need for their families without marriage. Civil unions and domestic partnerships are the same as marriage. If the state allows same-sex couples to marry, religious institutions? freedom will be threatened. Marriage as an institution has remained the same for millennia. New York does not have same-sex couples who are ...
By: News for Greens
Senator Sobel Introduces Domestic Partnership Legislation
2009-02-19 02:49:00 The Senate’s version, SB 1642, will have a version in the House sponsored by Rep. Richard Steinberg. Many polls show 77% of Floridians favor benefits for unmarried couples, even at a time when a woman is suing a South Florida hospital for refusing to grant her access to her partner while she lay dying. This case proves that gay couples are especially vulnerable when there is no legal protections for their families. When passed, this bill will make sure that committed, unmarried couples in Florida have access to basic legal rights like visiting each other in the hospital. About. F*cking. Time. Let’s hear it for Eleanor Sobel and Richard Steinberg. Hmmm…I like those names.
"Sex Offenders Line up for Domestic-Partnership Benefits"
2008-03-19 06:15:00 Today I ran across a story called "Sex Offenders Line up for Domestic-Partnership Benefits." First, I did a double take, then I thought--what? Well, 1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
"Inequities" in Oregon's Domestic Partnership Law?
2008-03-19 06:13:00 Are the inequities really at the State level or a fault in the Domestic Partnership Law? Or are the inequities at the Federal level because of D.O.M.1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Getting to know Domestic Partnership better
2008-03-19 06:09:00 Here is an informational article on some of the things that our new Domestic Partnerships provide us through the Oregon Family Fairness Act. "Let's s1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Taxes: Another Reason Domestic Partnership Isn?t Enough
2008-02-06 01:03:00 When I get my W-2 this year, it will look like I made more money than I actually did. In fact, my total compensation will be my salary plus the amount my company pays for Sam’s medical coverage ? since he’s my Domestic Partner. It will be considered additional income that I ...
By: Lovesick Billy
California Domestic Partnership Tax Information
2008-01-15 19:16:00 The new Domestic Partnership tax laws are a bit tricky, so for those of you who are filing as Domestic Partners for the 2007 tax year, I thought I could give you a bit of information to help you out. California enacted SB 1827 as law, beginning January 1, 2007, which requires registered domestic partners to use the same filing status as married couples. The information below will help you
Domestic Partnerships
2007-07-24 07:43:00 I have been a supporter of gay rights for a whole lot of years. Somehow, it seemed kind of silly, un-American even, to deny a person equal protection under the law simply because they loved and/or had consensual sex with someone of the same gender. It didn’t make any better sense than denying ...
A Domestic Partnership Is Not Marriage...
2007-07-23 19:59:00 An Orange County, Ca. Judge ruled that a registered domestic partnership is not considered marriage and ordered a man to pay alimony to his ex-wife, even though she is involved in one.The Associated Press reported:"California marriage laws say alimony ends when a former spouse remarries, and Ron Garber thought that meant he was off the hook when he learned his ex-wife had registered her new relationship under the state's domestic partnership law."An Orange County judge didn't see it that way."The judge ruled that a registered partnership is cohabitation, not marriage, and that Garber must keep writing the checks, $1,250 a month, to his ex-wife, Melinda Kirkwood. Gerber plans to appeal."The case highlights questions about the legal status of domestic partnerships, an issue the California Supreme Court is weighing as it considers whether same-sex marriage is legal. An appeals court upheld the state's ban on same-sex marriage last year, citing the state's domestic partners law and ...
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