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

[sheelanagig at juno.com]

This is such a weird article for the IMC, I would ask it go far down the
list of features if posted as it is not that important. It actually Is
important, but there are other things more pressing going on in my
opinion. I am writing a piece on practical protesting, in conjunction
with an announcement of Oct 22 protests coming up and the StolenLives
Project. I will send that down in a day or two....Anyway, I am not
attached to this gay marriage article being posted. I just thought it is
so rare the IMC addresses gay news issues, even tho Seattle has a huge
gay populace....the AB205 story is, of course, posted on the San Fran
IMC...it seems Seattle and San Fran both have large gay populations, so
it is relevant, but again, it is not one of my more pressing
stories....also, that story is already in print in a Monterey/SCruz
newspaper, The Manifesto News. But I think most folks up here do not know
it just happened! Anyway, I do not care re this article either way.

kirst

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 02:40:29 -0700 "nathaniel t" <vsea75 at hotmail.com>
writes:
> "Approve," I guess.  Does it need a title & sub?
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: sheelanagig at juno.com
> To: seattle-editorial at indymedia.org
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] Article: An Aisle Seat - Same Sex 
> Partnerships 
> and America
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:46:12 -0700
> 
> I have also posted this article to the free posting area and am
> submitting it for review for the features part of the front page...
> kirsten
> 
> <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. Click here for the <a
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=33679">full
> story</A>...
> 
> 
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