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WI: Green Bay Decides Not to Join Lawsuit Against Domestic Partner Law

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Gay rights advocates claimed victory Wednesday after Green Bay aldermen dropped plans to support a lawsuit aimed at overturning domestic partner benefits at the state level. Alderman Shae Sortwell, who had proposed aligning City Hall with the legal challenge, said the city instead should place its faith in newly elected state leaders who are opposed to benefits for same-sex couples.

Gov.-elect Scott Walker has opposed such benefits and was quoted during the campaign as saying he would work as governor to undo the same arrangement being challenged in the suit.

At Sortwell’s urging, the City Council voted 9-2 to postpone action on the issue indefinitely.

Full Story from the Green Bay Press Gazette

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WI: Green Bay Worker’s Domestic Partner Request Triggers Backlash

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Wisconsin Domestic PartnershipsThis is not what David Fowles expected when he asked the city of Green Bay to consider granting domestic partner health care benefits this summer. The longtime city employee has been snubbed in his efforts to change city policy so that an employee’s same-sex partner can qualify for the same medical and dental insurance coverage extended to other employees’ families.

Now some aldermen want the city to align itself with a conservative group that is working to undo the limited domestic partner benefits mandated at the state level. Fowles, a truck driver in the Public Works Department, says he never imagined that his request would backfire so badly. “It’s mind-boggling,” he said. “It’s like you’re taking progress and you’re tearing it down.”

The City Council on Wednesday will consider a proposal to support Wisconsin Family Action in its lawsuit challenging the state’s domestic partner registry. Approved by state lawmakers and enacted in 2009, the registry allows same-sex couples to qualify for certain employment benefits, including family leave for medical emergencies.

Full Story from The Green Bay Press Gazette

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Green Bay, Wisconsin May Extend Domestic Partner Benefits to City Employees

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

The City of Green Bay could be extending benefits to the domestic partners of city employees. The issue hasn’t reached the full council yet, but Tuesday night the Personnel Committee tried to better define the debate.

“When you commit to a person you care for them and that’s what domestic partner benefits would be all about,” longtime Public Works Department employee David Fowles said. “It’s caring for the person you love the most.”

Fowles came to the meeting armed with determination and his domestic partner registration.

Full Story from Fox11

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WI: Green Bay City Worker Requests Domestic Partner Benefits

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

A longtime truck driver has become the first city of Green Bay employee to request health insurance coverage for a domestic partner. The request could prompt a policy change making Green Bay the first municipality in Northeastern Wisconsin to provide benefits for employees’ same-sex partners.

The De Pere School District is the only other public employer in Brown County known to offer such benefits.

David Fowles, who drives a truck for Green Bay’s Public Works Department, said he wants to break down the barrier to benefit his own partner, as well as those of other city workers. “If nobody ever asks for this, it’s never going to happen,: he said.

Full Story from the Greenbay Press Gazette

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