[Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same SexPartnerships and America

Wed Sep 24 13:56:02 PDT 2003

Kristen,

Here's the quick low down, as I am heading back to work.

Post the whole article to our newswire (if you don't know how just ask).
Then send us the "highlight" paragraph, with an html link to the newswire
post. Basically with Judy, Nat T, and my approval it's already approved.
Look at the Bushwhacked post for an example. Then if no one else has posted
the story by tonight, I will do it when I get home from work. We do this
solely to keep frontpage features from being too long, but also to allow the
actually article to be as long as it needs to be.

Also I will look at the other stories later tonight when I have the time.

In addition, you should know that there are only a handful (1 handful) of
people currently active in the editorial group, so we welcome your help,
writing, editing, etc. It will also explain why there's little response
soemtimes, as it's pretty easy with our small group to have everyone busy at
one time on any given day.

We have meetings every Tuesday from 6-6:30pm 1415 3rd Ave, and sometimes
they go much later. You are more than welcome to attend.

Gentry

-----Original Message-----
From: typist at speakeasy.net [mailto:typist at speakeasy.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:33 PM
To: g at art13.com; nathaniel t; sheelanagig at juno.com;
seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same
SexPartnerships and America

Go for it.  Who is going to put it up? Kristen, at some point we should meet
face to fact to show how to propose feature proposals -- or maybe you can
figure it out via reading past emails. For now someone else can do those
details.  I can't -- too much carpel tunnel right now -- I have to sign off
and do other work. Gawd, I feel like I'm gagged!

Best, Judy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gentry Lange [mailto:g at art13.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 04:44 PM
> To: 'nathaniel t', sheelanagig at juno.com, seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> Subject: RE: [Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same
SexPartnerships	and America
>
> I agree. 1st paragraph with a link would get my approval. And it's great
to
> have a new writer!
>
> Gentry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org
> [mailto:seattle-editorial-bounces at lists.indymedia.org]On Behalf Of
> nathaniel t
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:12 AM
> To: sheelanagig at juno.com; seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same
> SexPartnerships and America
>
>
>
> I think the first paragraph of this article, linked to the full text on
the
> newswire, would make a perfectly good feature as-is.  My two cents.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: sheelanagig at juno.com
> To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org, sheelanagig at Juno.com
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same Sex
Partnerships
> and America
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:19:25 -0700
>
> A localized version of this article is in the Oct 2003 issue of The
> Manifesto News, (www.manifestonews.org), out of Monterey/Santa Cruz, Ca.,
> but it is a relevant issue to Seattle, with our large out gay community,
> and also with Vancouver right over the border, letting gay couples get
> legally married, whic America is battling now! So what I need to know is
> should I just be submitting these articles to the freewire post, or it a
> good idea to float some of these by you for features? Should I be posting
> them to freewire AND sending them to this list? It is still all fuzzy to
> me how it works...Again, I have put this into html form. If it best I do
> *not* do that, tell me that too.
>
> kirsten
>
> *************************************************************************
> ****************
>
> <P>An Aisle Seat—Same-Sex Partnerships and America
> <BR>By Kirsten Anderberg Copyright 2003
>
> <P>What are the differences between registered same-sex domestic
> partnerships, and legally married couples, in California? The major areas
> of inequity, and concern, to same-sex partners include those of child
> custody and child/spousal support, rights to make funeral arrangements,
> community property rights, mutual responsibility for debts. And those
> civil rights will finally be accessible to registered same-sex domestic
> partners now that Measure AB 205 (Goldberg, Los Angeles) passed in the
> California legislature (<a
> href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html">www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.
> html</A>).
>
> <P>Measure AB 205, the Domestic Partnership Rights and Responsibilities
> Act of 2003, was first proposed by Equality California, (<a
> href="http://www.eqca.org"www.eqca.org</A>), a grassroots organization
> with offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Equality
> California says that one in every six same-sex couples reside in
> California, and promoted this as an issue of importance to the populace
> and legislature of California. But this legislation will also be a
> landmark regarding equal rights for same-sex couples in the US. The
> Massachusetts Supreme Court is also handing down a decision on Same Sex
> Marriage very shortly. This is quickly spreading to become a national
> issue, and California is leading the way. Since the inception of the
> same-sex and senior opposite-sex couples registry in California three
> years ago, 20,000 couples have registered. AB 205 will give that registry
> some backbone. Unfortunately, these changes will only affect California
> state benefits. Federal benefits for same-sex partners are still not
> recognized.
>
> <P>At the heart of this "marriage rights versus same-sex domestic
> partnership rights" controversy, is whether same-sex couples want
> religious or civil confirmation of their partnerships. Many argue that
> marriage is a religious sacrament and that gay marriages cannot have
> religious context. Others argue same-sex partners aren’t seeking
> religious confirmation of their partnership, but rather the same civil
> rights, the same legal rights, as married couples.
>
> <P>Marriage Equality California (MECA), (<a
> href="http://www.marriageequalityca.org">www.marriageequalityca.org</A>),
> has joined the organizations at the forefront of activism, to push for
> fairness and equality regarding same-sex partnerships in California.
> Santa Cruz and Monterey both launched chapters of MECA in August.
> According to Owen Wolf, co-chair of Santa Cruz MECA
> (santacruz at marriageequalityca.org), their goal is to converse one on one,
> and explain the harm that the "lack of a legally recognized contract
> between two adults of the same sex who wish to form a long lasting,
> loving relationship does to same sex couples and their families." This is
> a growing national issue, and one that we will see challenging America's
> "family values" and entrenched homophobia. As a matter of fact, a gay
> couple, who are recognized as married in Canada, were just denied entry
> into the United States, in September 2003, because they filled out their
> forms for entry into the United States as a "family." We are going to
> hear more and more about this issue, as people have outgrown the archaic
> laws in this area.
>
>
>
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