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- <text id=89TT1474>
- <title>
- June 05, 1989: American Notes:San Francisco
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 05, 1989 People Power:Beijing-Moscow
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 49
- American Notes
- SAN FRANCISCO
- Unwedded Bliss
- </hdr><body>
- <p> It may not be possible to be a little bit pregnant, but
- citizens of San Francisco can now get a little bit married.
- Last week the city's board of supervisors voted unanimously to
- adopt a law that officially recognizes the unions of live-in
- lovers, whether homosexual or heterosexual. Mayor Art Agnos has
- pledged to sign the bill, which permits couples who have agreed
- to share basic living expenses to register their "domestic
- partnerships" at the county clerk's office in a manner similar
- to filing a marriage license.
- </p>
- <p> Though it has no immediate benefits, supporters see the law
- as a possible first step toward fuller legal recognition of
- such relationships. The supervisors also urged the city to
- consider extending health benefits to the live-in lovers of its
- employees.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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