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AIR DATE: September 29, 2010
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First comes love, then comes... domestic partnership? We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of the Domestic Partnership Act. That legislation gives same-sex and opposite-sex couples the same rights as married people, even if they don't officially tie the knot. Over 2000 Nevada couples are registered as domestic partners. What rights do domestic partners have? Can they visit a loved one in the hospital, or get insurance coverage for maternity leave? Also, how will its success in Nevada affect the national battle for same-sex marriage rights? Couples join us to share their stories on how the Domestic Partnership Act, for better or worse, has changed their lives.
The Domestic Partnership Act (SB 283) officially became Nevada law on Oct. 1, 2009. You can find the full story on the anniversary of the Domestic Partnership Act by Heidi Kyser in our magazine, Desert Companion. You can find it at any local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
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Lee Cagley
Larry Davis
Jim Davis, attorney, Kunin and Carman
Michael Ginsburg, Southern Nevada Dir, PLAN
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Mike, polygamy is illegal because the assumption is that the people participating in it are not doing so willingly, ie are part of a coercive cultural/religious pressure. This is a stereotype, and, as such, perhaps deserves the scrutiny you imply.
The GLBT community (as a whole) cannot be expected to support polygamy any more than any other grouping/race/creed since they have no relationship to it any more than heterosexuals do. (Just like heterosexuals, some homosexuals do choose a "polygamist" lifestyle, but most find that just as odd as you would.)
The concept of heterosexual marriage is just that: a concept, since many heterosexuals also cannot or do not produce children. But marriage comes with concrete benefits (financial, legal, etc) that should not be denied to those who cannot choose differently, when "all men are created equal". (btw-the term "alternative" implies that a choice is being made, which it is NOT).
There would be no benefit to you marrying your coffee table, or your pet, or whatever, except that it would never talk back to you.
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If you want to marry your coffee table, fine. All I want is to hear it say "I accept Mike." So be it. You can lie with your coffee table legs up in your living room. Your argument doesn't even merit this cursory response.
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