California’s fight for marriage equality took a step back yesterday when the state’s Supreme Court decided to uphold Prop 8. And of course, people took to the streets to express their displeasure with the ruling.
But don’t count CA out yet – the ruling will help gay marriage, according to Carlos Watson, MSNBC anchor. Let’s hope it does, Carlos.
Read the full reading from the California Courts if you’re feeling ambitious.
Fair Wisconsin just announced that the Joint Finance Committee of the Wisconsin Legislature has approved domestic partner benefits as part of the upcoming biennial budget.
Now we just have to wait until June for the vote from the full legislature.
Read more on Fair Wisconsin’s blog:
Joint Finance Committee Approves Domestic Partnerships!
UPDATE 5.27.09
The plan also includes a same-sex domestic partner registry. This also is pending approval from the Legislature.
WisPolitics.com and UW-Madison have more information on the matter as well.
The LGBT Task Force met Wednesday (13 May) – here are the highlights:
You can also read the full minutes (PDF) if you’d like.
The semester is wrapping up, with students cramming for finals, some lucky ones graduating (including Maggie Augustin, IMPACT Vice President), and faculty and staff preparing for the summer session. With that in mind, I thought that it would be a perfect time to share highlights from the Safe Zone program.
We’ll be continuing our work with the program next fall – watch for the advertisements if you’re interested in participating.
Not sure what a Safe Zone is? Our informational flyer should help.
Wisconsin State Journal carried an Associated Press story today about the assessment of allowing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts as it reaches its five-year anniversary.
Taking stock, five years after Massachusetts was the first to accept gay marriages
Wisconsin State Journal
The comments section is where you’ll get the local flavor – always entertaining to read the back and forth between posters.
