New Attempt To Weaken Salt Lake City Domestic Partner Law

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/02/022708slb.htm

A bill that would void Salt Lake City's new Domestic Partner ordinance appears dead in committee but already a second measure to weaken the law is in the works.

Earlier this month Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved the proposed citywide partner registry that would be available to same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples who cannot or chose not to marry. (story)

State Sen. Chris Buttars (R), a longtime LGBT rights foe, has proposed legislation to block the registry and dismantle partner benefits to the domestic partners of city workers.

Buttars maintains that the both the registry and the city's domestic partner benefits violate the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Buttars, from my understanding, is a first class dickwad

[LeftCoast]

1. Why are these 'pro-family' people working so hard to hurt families?

It's really outrageous.

[Creideiki]

2. Oh, yeah

Step 1) Say, "Marriage" can only be for straight people, so find something else for your relationship.

Step 2) Nah, that recognition gives you some rights, have to now claim that when we said no "marriage" we were talking about the rights, not just the labels.

Comes back to why I'm only for universal "marriage". Anything else and we'll be fighting this crap forever.