Wis. same-sex couples sign up as domestic partn

[WillParkinson]

Wis. same-sex couples sign up as domestic partners

(Madison, Wis.) Same-sex couples in Wisconsin have started signing up for the state’s new domestic partnership registry.

Monday was their first chance to sign up and obtain dozens of the same legal protections as spouses.

Fifty-six-year-old Janice Czyscon (SIZE’-kon) and her partner of 29 years, 57-year-old Crystal Hyslop, arrived at the Dane County offices in Madison at 5:12 a.m. and waited in the rain until the doors opened.

Wisconsin is the first Midwestern state to enact protections for same-sex couples through legislation. Gov. Jim Doyle proposed the plan, and the Democratic-controlled Legislature approved it in the state budget.

Some who want the law invalidated say it conflicts with the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

http://www.365gay.com/news/wis-same-sex-couples-sign-up-as-domestic-partners/

[Bertha Venation]

1. How silly, you opponents.

Everyone knows domestic partnerships are not the same as marriages. Especially us gay folk.

[noamnety]

2. Thank you

not sure if you saw my GD post on a related subject: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6217302

Glad to see this pass (and I hope the idiots who are worried it violates the ban on gay marriage will have their "concerns" invalidated by getting the marriage equality ban reversed).