STATE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT DIVIDING UTAH RACE: From the Deseret Morning News

Utah gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr., a Republican, says he will vote for a "traditional marriage" amendment to the Utah Constitution this November and hopes it will pass.

Democratic candidate Scott Matheson Jr. says he stands with GOP Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and his own Democratic Party attorney general candidate Greg Skordas in opposing Amendment 3, adding that the issue is best solved through statutes, not a constitutional amendment. ...

Huntsman told the Deseret Morning News Monday that should Utahns approve Amendment 3, as it is officially called on the ballot, he will work to pass complementary new laws that would allow "life partners" to have legal rights short of actually being married.

Huntsman calls this "reciprocal beneficiary" legislation -- meaning that partners could enter into contracts, attend to the medical needs of their loved ones and so on. "Two people with mutual economic interests should have rights and privileges, such as visitation rights, medical decision-making."

more

posted by Eve at 9:25 PM | link

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home