Alaska Court Orders Civil Unions/Maggie Gallagher

A copy of the decision can be found on www.domawatch.org.
posted by maggie at 6:46 PM | link

1 Comments:

At 10/29/2005 10:44 AM,  Bill Ware said...

I believe this synopsis better describes the ruling:

"ANCHORAGE: In a unanimous decision today, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the state to continue to deny lesbian and gay state employees and retirees access to equal benefits for their domestic partners. The court ruled that the state's policy of denying lesbian and gay couples equal employee benefits violates the state constitution's equal protection guarantees. The state had argued that denying gay employees domestic partner benefits furthered the state's interest in promoting marriage. Today the court firmly rejected that argument, stating: "[D]enying benefits to the same-sex domestic partners who are absolutely ineligible to become spouses has no demonstrated relationship to the interest of promoting marriage."

Emphasis added.

However, I do concede your point that, since a registry will have to be created to determine eligibility, that we are creeping in the "Civil Union" direction.

 

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