Gay Activists to Ask DC Council to Keep Domestic Partnerships When Gay Marriage Legalized

At least three prominent LGBT activists are planning to ask a D.C. City Council committee to remove from gay Council member David Catania’s same-sex marriage bill a provision that would end city recognition of new domestic partnerships after January 2011. The local activists, who are strong supporters of same-sex marriage, believe the city’s domestic partnership law should remain in place at least until it becomes certain that Catania’s same-sex marriage bill will survive any attempts by members of Congress to block or overturn it. Some activists additionally believe that domestic partnerships should continue as an option for same-sex couples even if marriage emerges as a permanent part of D.C. law. Full Story from the Washington Blade: http://www.washblade.com/2009/10-23/news/localnews/15416.cfm

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