At least ONE city in North Carolina gets it!!

[dbackjon]

NC community supports gay marriage


The Carrboro city council has passed a resolution supporting gay marriage and sent copies of it off to the state and federal government.


Send / ShareAdd CommentThe city of about 19,000, not far from Chapel Hill, is considered one of the most liberal in the South - sometimes dubbed The Paris of the Piedmont. Once a sleepy farm community It now is the home to a growing number of artists and musicians.

Alderwoman Jacqui Gist introduced the motion after California voters passed Proposition 8 which amends that state’s constitution to block same-sex marriage. North Carolina law bars gay marriage but GOP attempts to enshrine it in the state constitution have failed.

Gist said her resolution is critical of the more than 1,000 state and federal rights and benefits of marriage that are denied to gay couples.

“Whereas, the denial of such benefits has been demonstrated to have significant psychological and social impact on the physical, social, and economic well-being of gay and lesbian couples and their families; and whereas the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes marriage as one of the ‘basic civil rights of man’ fundamental to our very existence and survival” and “one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men … [be it resolved] that civil marriage for same-sex couples must include all the benefits commonly bestowed upon opposite-sex couples, including, among other rights, healthcare coverage and related decision-making, privileges under immigration and naturalization law, survivor benefits, inheritance rights, and child custody.” the resolution says.

http://www.365gay.com/news/nc-community ... -marriage/

[citdog]

"BUNDLES OF STICKS" THEY CAN STICK THEIR RESOULTION WHERE DBACK LIKES TO STICK HIS SCHMECKLE.............


UP APPAHOLICS BUNGHOLE

[dbackjon]

"BUNDLES OF STICKS" THEY CAN STICK THEIR RESOULTION WHERE DBACK LIKES TO STICK HIS SCHMECKLE.............

In your ass?


Nice edit

[Appaholic]

"BUNDLES OF STICKS" THEY CAN STICK THEIR RESOULTION WHERE DBACK LIKES TO STICK HIS SCHMECKLE.............


UP APPAHOLICS BUNGHOLE

Do you really want to go there? I mean, I realize you, like most El Cid grads, LIVE there. But do you want to go there?

[D1B]

Dane County Wisconsin (Madison) now requires all companies doing business with the County to offer benefits to domestic partners! Finally! Great news.

*This passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dane County could soon require all agencies and companies it contracts with to provide benefits, including health care and family medical leave, to employees' domestic partners.

"It's a basic issue of fairness," says Sup. Kyle Richmond, who will introduce the ordinance to the County Board on Thursday. "I think the county needs to lead on this issue."

The proposal, backed by County Executive Kathleen Falk, would require any entity with a county contract worth more than $5,000 to provide the same benefits to domestic partners as it does to spouses. Organizations which now offer no spousal benefits would not have to provide any to domestic partners.

The ordinance would also establish an official county registry for domestic partnerships. This registry, says Richmond, "helps with private employers that offer the benefits, but require you to prove that it's a relationship."

Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin began offering benefits to domestic partners three years ago, after employees asked for it, says Casey Behrend, executive director. But Behrend questions whether the county should dictate what benefits a private agency offers its workers.

"Any time the county starts mandating what organizations can do, it just adds to the burden," he says. "As you add requirements, you have the potential to increase costs."

Richmond cites studies showing that extending benefits to domestic partners increases costs by only 1% to 3%. The ordinance gives small agencies three years to comply and allows companies, if they can't find an insurance provider willing to cover domestic partners, to offer workers a cash equivalent.

No one complains about cost when it's a traditional married couple getting benefits, says Richmond. "Why is cost an issue for one couple, but not for the other?" he asks. "The only thing different is the gender of one of the partners."

Behrend says even a small cost increase may be too much for struggling nonprofits. "If the agencies don't feel they can handle it," he warns, "they may decide to eliminate benefits altogether."

Sup. Chuck Erickson, another sponsor of the ordinance, doubts that will happen. "The real question is, why would you be denying benefits to a separate group?"

Some agencies may object on religious grounds. Major Paul Moore, head of Dane County's Salvation Army, did not return calls. But he recently told the county's Health and Human Needs Committee that his agency is part of a national organization that does not offer such benefits and would find the mandate problematic. In 2001, some Salvation Army branches offered domestic partner benefits, but rescinded them under pressure from the Christian right.

The Salvation Army has county contracts worth nearly $1 million annually to provide homeless services and run its family shelter on East Washington Avenue.

If the ordinance passes, the Salvation Army will be expected to comply. "I think they could figure out a way to make it work," says Erickson. "I don't want to lose them, but this comes down to fairness."

[D1B]

So if Citdog's Yugo dealership was in Dane County and if he was interested in doing more than $5,000 in business with the county, he would have to offer health and other benefits to partners of his gay employees!

Times they are a changin, for the better.

[Cap'n Cat]

So if Citdog's Yugo dealership was in Dane County and if he was interested in doing more than $5,000 in business with the county, he would have to offer health and other benefits to partners of his gay employees!

Times they are a changin, for the better.

Damned right. Conks are behind the times and need to change their 'tude.

[citdog]

So if Citdog's Yugo dealership was in Dane County and if he was interested in doing more than $5,000 in business with the county, he would have to offer health and other benefits to partners of his gay employees!

Times they are a changin, for the better.

NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEY'RE NOT!



"OLD TIMES THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

[UNI88]

So if Citdog's Yugo dealership was in Dane County and if he was interested in doing more than $5,000 in business with the county, he would have to offer health and other benefits to partners of his gay employees!

Times they are a changin, for the better.

NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEY'RE NOT!



"OLD TIMES THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

So South Carolina is kind of like one really big Amish village?

[Cap'n Cat]

NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEY'RE NOT!



"OLD TIMES THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

So South Carolina is kind of like one really big Amish village?

[Appaholic]

NOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEY'RE NOT!



"OLD TIMES THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!

So South Carolina is kind of like one really big Amish village?

No, when you factor in the condoning of inbreeding, it's more like an FLDS compound.....

[BigApp]

NC community supports gay marriage


The Carrboro city council has passed a resolution supporting gay marriage and sent copies of it off to the state and federal government.


Send / ShareAdd CommentThe city of about 19,000, not far from Chapel Hill, is considered one of the most liberal in the South - sometimes dubbed The Paris of the Piedmont. Once a sleepy farm community It now is the home to a growing number of artists and musicians.

Alderwoman Jacqui Gist introduced the motion after California voters passed Proposition 8 which amends that state’s constitution to block same-sex marriage. North Carolina law bars gay marriage but GOP attempts to enshrine it in the state constitution have failed.

Gist said her resolution is critical of the more than 1,000 state and federal rights and benefits of marriage that are denied to gay couples.

“Whereas, the denial of such benefits has been demonstrated to have significant psychological and social impact on the physical, social, and economic well-being of gay and lesbian couples and their families; and whereas the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes marriage as one of the ‘basic civil rights of man’ fundamental to our very existence and survival” and “one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men … [be it resolved] that civil marriage for same-sex couples must include all the benefits commonly bestowed upon opposite-sex couples, including, among other rights, healthcare coverage and related decision-making, privileges under immigration and naturalization law, survivor benefits, inheritance rights, and child custody.” the resolution says.

http://www.365gay.com/news/nc-community ... -marriage/

WTF wrote this?? Saying Carrboro is "not far from Chapel Hill" is akin to saying "fish are not too far from water". Carrboro hasn't been a "farm community" since the 1950's or so.

Carrboro and Atheist Hill share the same city Limits sign.