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- From: alan@osf.org (Alan Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: Domestic Parnters
- In-Reply-To: corto@sumax.seattleu.edu's message of 26 Jan 1993 09:13:42 -0800
- Message-ID: <ALAN.93Jan27141342@pluto.osf.org>
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <1k3rg6INN9h8@sumax.seattleu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:13:46 GMT
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- The ordinance under consideration in Boston, Massachusetts, US, does
- not specify sexual orientation. It simply says that any two people
- who share responsibility for one another's welfare may register as a
- couple and any combination of adults and (optional) minors in which
- the adults take responsibility for the welfare of all the adults and
- minors may register as a family.
-
- Couples who have registered or who are believed to fall under the
- guideline of "taking responsibility for one another's welfare" would
- have the same status and rights as married couples, to the extent that
- the city can ensure that (mostly visitation rights in medical and
- prison facilities.)
-
- Families who have registered or who are believed to fall under the
- guideline of "taking responsibility for one another's welfare" would
- have the same status and rights as nuclear families, to the extent
- that the city can ensure that (again, mostly visitation rights in
- medical and prison facilities.)
-
- The only mention of sexual orientation is including "sexual
- orientation" (NOT "Gay and Lesbian") in the city's human rights
- ordinance list of groups enumerated as frequently discriminated
- against, which the city specifically prohibits discrimination against.
-
- -Alan
-