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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Milwaukee Marriott West, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

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Centrally located, the Milwaukee Marriott West is one of the most easily accessible hotels in Milwaukee, WI with direct access off of Interstate 94 and close to major attractions including Miller Park, Potawatomi Casino, Wisconsin State Fair Park, the Harley Davidson Museum and downtown Milwaukee’s Summerfest.

This sophisticated Milwaukee, WI hotel’s 281 luxurious guestrooms and suites boast both comfort and luxury. Paired with generous amenities including a 24-hour business center, indoor pool and whirlpool, fitness center, concierge lounge and complimentary parking make this one of the most accommodating hotels Milwaukee, WI has to offer.

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WI: Milwaukee County Passes Domestic Partner Benefits

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Milwaukee County employees will have access to health benefits for both same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners starting next year under a measure signed into law Wednesday by County Executive Chris Abele.

Activists from Equality Wisconsin (pictured) gathered for the signing ceremony for the bill, passed by the Board of Supervisors last week. The board had approved a similar measure two years ago, only to see it vetoed by then-County Executive Scott Walker, who is now Wisconsin’s governor.

Full Story from The Advocate

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WI: Suspended Lesbian Pastor Would Perform a Gay Wedding Again

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

A gay Wisconsin pastor suspended for officiating a same-sex marriage says she would do it all over again in heartbeat.

Last Friday, a clergy jury found Rev. Amy DeLong guilty of conducting a 2009 lesbian union. Her church trial lasted nearly three days but she was all smiles the entire time. DeLong said she had to be jubilant because she believed her trial was breaking a long silence within the United Methodist Church.

“As a gay person in the church, we’re always asked to compromise about our relationships,” DeLong said. The 44-year-old said for a long time she was torn between obeying the church and obeying herself. But now she is done compromising.

Full Story from KARE

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WI: Voters Would Likely Reject Marriage Equality Ban Today

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

New York just became the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Wisconsin won’t be the seventh. We, in our wisdom, adopted a constitutional amendment a few years ago immortalizing a bigoted ban that has outlived its usefulness.

That was in 2006. Citizens of the state voted overwhelmingly to make gay marriage and so-called “civil unions” illegal forever. Marriage in the state was already limited to men and women but proponents of the amendment feared some future legislature might actually want to treat people as equals.

I doubt very much such a constitutional amendment could be adopted in Wisconsin today. Even with our right-wing governor and state Legislature my guess is that the culture has changed so radically that a majority of voters would find it silly to create such a permanent ban.

Full Story from Channel 3000

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WI: Methodist Minister Suspended for Twenty Days Over Gay Wedding

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

An openly-gay United Methodist minister was suspended from her religious duties for 20 days after elders decided on Thursday that she violated church doctrine by performing a same-sex wedding.

Rev. Amy Delong was also required to write a paper about how she should deal with issues that “create an adversarial spirit” within the church, according Rev. Tom Lambrecht, representing the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church.

“We feel good that it recognizes that there was a violation of church law and that there is a punishment levied,” Lambrecht said of the decision.

Full Story from Reuters

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WI: Methodist Minister Found Guilty of Performing a Gay Wedding

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

A jury of Wisconsin Methodist clergy will meet Thursday morning to decide the punishment for an openly gay minister convicted Wednesday of performing a same-sex wedding in violation of United Methodist Church rules.

Church rules give the 13-member jury wide latitude to choose a punishment for the Rev. Amy DeLong, 44, of Polk County.

In the past, some Methodist ministers found guilty of similar offenses were stripped of their ministerial credentials, whereas others were suspended temporarily.

Full Story from The Post Crescent

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WI: Judge Rules That Wisconsin Domestic Partnership Registry is Constitutional

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Wisconsin’s domestic-partnership registry does not violate the state constitution’s ban on same-sex marriage, a judge ruled Monday.

The decision is being touted as a victory for gay rights, although Dane County circuit judge Daniel Moeser’s ruling cites the fact that domestic partnerships, established in Wisconsin in 2009, convey far fewer rights and responsibilities than marriage.

“The state does not recognize domestic partnership in a way that even remotely resembles how the state recognizes marriage,” Moeser wrote. “Moreover, domestic partners have far fewer legal rights, duties, and liabilities in comparison to the legal rights, duties, and liabilities of spouses.”

Full Story from The Advocate

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WI: New Poll Shows Gap Closing on Marriage Equality Support

Friday, June 10th, 2011

A new poll released Thursday found Wisconsin voters narrowly oppose the legalization of gay marriage.

The Public Policy Polling survey found 46 percent of respondents opposed to the institution, 42 percent in favor, and 12 percent not sure.

A majority (58%) of voters under the age of 30 say gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry, while a majority (55%) of those older than 65 remain opposed.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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WI: Governor Walker Wants to Stop Defending Domestic Partner Law

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it.

Democrats who controlled the Legislature in 2009 changed the law so that same-sex couples could sign up for domestic partnership registries with county clerks to secure some – but not all – of the rights afforded married couples.

Wisconsin Family Action sued last year in Dane County circuit court, arguing that the registries violated a 2006 amendment to the state constitution that bans gay marriage and any arrangement that is substantially similar.

Full Story from JSOnline

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WI: Catholic University to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Marquette University, Wisconsin Catholic-run Marquette University in Milwaukee will begin offering domestic-partner benefits to employees in 2012, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

University president Robert A. Wild announced the move Thursday. Employees’ same-sex partners will be eligible for the medical, dental, and vision insurance currently offered to heterosexual spouses. The partners must share a residence and be in a registered domestic partnership, which is Wisconsin’s means of legal recognition for gay relationships. Couples can register at county clerks’ offices.

Wild said extending the benefits is in keeping with the mission of the school, run by the Jesuit religious order. “If we are truly pastoral in our application of the Jesuit principle of cura personalis, I asked myself if I could reconcile that with denying health benefits to a couple who have legally registered their commitment to each other,” he said. Cura personalis is Latin for “care for the entire person.”

Full Story from The Advocate

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