Wisconsin Assembly Passes Domestic Partnerships

[ccharles000]

The Wisconsin Assembly pulled an all-nighter overnight to finally pass a budget in the early hours of Saturday morning. That 50-48 party line vote by the Democrat-controlled Assembly for the $62.2 billion budget also included important policy changes, including the establishment of a Domestic Partnership registry for same-sex couples. Among the very limited benefits of Domestic Partnerships include provisions for jointly owning property, hospital visitation rights and inheritance. Domestic partners of state employees would also be eligible to receive the same state retirement and health insurance benefits as spouses.

The budget will now go to the Senate, which is expected to vote on it sometime next week.

If domestic partnerships become law, Wisconsin would be the first state with an existing constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions to provide domestic partnership protections for same-sex couples.

http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/13/12095#comments

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. They're so level-headed in some ways but out there in others.

It's still a good thing.

[ccharles000]

2. kick

[Vidar]

3. Good for Wisconsin.