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WI: Lieutenant Governor Candidate’s Gay Uncle Thinks She’s Not Sorry for Anti Gay Comments

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Rebecca KleefischRebecca Kleefisch’s gay uncle doubts she’s sorry for likening gay marriage to marrying a dog or a table, The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported. “I was incredibly disappointed,” Chris Pfauser, who’s been in an openly gay relationship with Rob Gow for 28 years, said.

The GOP candidate for Wisconsin lieutenant governor apologized for her remarks on Thursday. Kleefisch, the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker, made her remarks before winning the Republican primary on Sept. 14, but Wisconsin-based gay rights group Fair Wisconsin admonished her comments in a recent email to backers.

Speaking on Christian-based radio WVCY in January, Kleefisch objected to Wisconsin’s domestic partnership law signed by Governor Jim Doyle. The gay-inclusive law offers registered couples 43 rights, most of which center around estate planning and hospital visitation rights.

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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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WI: Lieutenant Governor Candidate: Gay Marriage Will Lead to Marrying Tables and Chairs

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Wisconsin Gay MarriageEver think “Wow, that’s one sexy little lamp, I’d like to commit myself to her forever!” Well, a lieutenant governor candidate from Wisconsin firmly believes that same sex marriage will lead to people marrying furniture and other inanimate objects. You know, because saying it would lead to polygamy or animal marriage just wasn’t shocking enough.

Via Blogging Blue, a newscast report on Scott Walker’s running mate Rebecca Kleefisch’s strange thoughts on gay marriage plays a radio clip of her saying:

The Gay Marriage debate heated up again today thanks to some controversial remarks made by one candidate on the trail. Kleefisch: “This is a slippery slope. In addition to that, at what point are we going to ok marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table or this, you know, chair? Can we marry dogs?”

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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: Domestic Partnership Registry Under Attack Again

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Supporters of the state’s domestic partner registry say another court challenge is not surprising.

Wisconsin Family Action on Wednesday filed suit in Dane County Court, claiming the state domestic partner registry started one year ago violates a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Katie Belanger with Fair Wisconsin says the move was expected, after the state Supreme Court dismissed a similar challenge from the group last November.

Wisconsin Family Action claims the registry is unconstitutional because the requirements to sign up are similar to those of a traditional marriage. Belanger says that’s far from the case, because the registry only offers only about a quarter of the state protections granted to opposite sex couples through marriage and none of the federal rights.

Full Story from WRN.com

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WI: NOM Tour Draws Largest Crowd Yet – 54 People

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) saw its largest crowd yet Tuesday in Madison, Wisconsin, but counter demonstrators continued to outnumber NOM supporters. In its tenth stop, officials behind NOM’s Summer for Marriage Tour 2010 walled off hundreds of demonstrators from their rally. One head count put NOM supporters at about 54 and counter protesters at 466.

This after NOM supporters were outnumbered Monday in Indianapolis, Indiana 3 to 1. Other stops have been equally sparse, some with as few as 20 supporters.

The mood turned somber in Indianapolis when a sign calling for violence against gay men and lesbians was spotted in the crowd.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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WI: State Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban Unanimously

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage and civil unions. In a 7-0 vote Wednesday morning, the court decided a 2006 constitutional amendment was properly put to voters.

A lawsuit claimed the amendment violated a rule that limits referendums to a single subject. The 2006 ballot asked voters two questions: whether to limit marriage to a man and a woman, and whether to outlaw any similar legal status for unmarried individuals.

The lawsuit, filed by voters opposed to the amendment, argued gay marriage and civil unions are two different subjects. Justice Michael Gableman said both “carry out the same general purpose of preserving the legal status of marriage in Wisconsin as between only one man and one woman.”

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WI: Couples Joining Registry Drops Off After Initial Surge

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Over 1,300 same-sex couples in Wisconsin applied for the state’s domestic partner benefits in the first 5 months they were offered. About one couple entered the same-sex registry for every 11 traditional marriages in the final 5 months of last year.

But the numbers fell off dramatically after an initial splurge when the registry was first offered last August. And in 7 counties, no gay couples signed up for the state benefits in 2009. In Milwaukee County, just over 200 same-sex couples got on the registry last year. But now, the state’s largest county only gets about one such request per week.

The governor and Legislature approved the registry last year as part of the state budget. 3 members of the Wisconsin Family Action group failed to get the Supreme Court to strike down the program.

Full Story from WTAQ

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