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

[sheelanagig at juno.com]

I just got home but I am gonna do the article. I think I have it now. I
will post this sucker to the list in proper form, 1-2 paragraphs and link
to full story, in a few hours. I have to go do some errands first.

kirst

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:32:58 +0000 typist at speakeasy.net writes:
> 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
> > 
> > 
>
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> > ****************
> > 
> > <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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