Domestic Partner News |
Editorial Comment
This section of the website reports news affecting domestic partners. The term “domestic partners” has generally been defined by law as two adults who live together, who are financially and emotionally interdependent, and who consider themselves to be a family.
Sometimes the news in this section is dominated by stories focusing on the extension of domestic partner benefits and protections to same-sex couples. When that happens, it is because those are the stories which have appeared recently in newspapers.
The American Association for Single People
supports the creation of registries and the extension of benefits and protections to any
two unmarried adults who share a common household as a family unit. AASP supports
laws and benefits programs which do not exclude people on the basis of sex or sexual
orientation.
Stories Posted on Saturday, August 3, 2002
Ohio high court allows domestic partners to adopt same last name
Connecticut court says domestic partner civil unions not recognized in state
Is the domestic partner registry in St. Louis, MO suffering from lack of interest?
Stories Posted on Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Georgia court invalidates Vermont’s same-sex civil union
Massachusetts legislature kills same-sex marriage ban amendment
Canadian province to give domestic partners same property rights as married couples
Stories Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002
German high court upholds same-sex partnerships
University of Illinois employees call for domestic partner benefits
Story Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Massachusetts lawmaker tries to block same-sex marriage ban
Stories Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Lawmaker wants to overturn domestic partnership benefits law in D.C.
Indian council pushes reproductive rights for domestic partners and single moms
Ontario court rules that same-sex marriages are legal
Faking domestic partnerships to avail much needed benefits
Stories Posted on Friday, July 12, 2002
Survey reveals strong support for domestic partnership rights
Domestic partner survivor allowed to stay in his partner’s house
Arizona Appeals Court rejects joint custody for couple
Story Posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2002
D.C. initiates domestic partner benefits plan
Stories Posted on Tuesday, July 9, 2002
Arkansas high court strikes down state sodomy law
Hanford city employee calls for domestic partner benefits
North Carolina city employees pursue domestic partner benefits
Columbus, Ohio searching for model benefits plan
Stories Posted on Thursday, July 4, 2002
Salvation Army forgoes public money from city of Portland over domestic partner law
Episcopal diocese gives limited blessings to unmarried couples
Maine residents care for health benefits
Story Posted on Wednesday, July 3, 2002
Lawmaker introduces domestic partner benefits bill for federal employees
Stories Posted on Tuesday, July 2, 2002
British local government workers wont get equal pensions treatment for for domestic partners
University of Colorado regents approve domestic partner benefits
Stories Posted on Thursday, June 28 2002
Law extends death benefits to beneficiaries of unmarried peace officers
New England private schools extends domestic partner benefits to teachers
Michigan judge stays in second parent adoption hearings
Supreme Court of Arkansas to hear arguments against anti-gay sodomy law
Maryland high court upholds domestic partner benefits law
New Quebec law gives equality to same-sex parents
