Inver Groves Council Member Dennis Madden said of the LGBT community: “I’m tired of these weird little groups that do all these strange things.”
After testimony, Inver Grove Heights tabled a proposal to consider allowing a domestic partnership registry in the city.
Shoreview Council member Ben Withhart, who supported the registry, said a failure to pass it would have sent the message to gay couples that they weren’t welcome in Shoreview.
While Minnesota bans same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples working for government offices, there is one way same-sex couples can be recognized: through domestic partnership registries. On Tuesday, the city of Richfield became the ninth Minnesota city to approve a domestic partner registry, and today LGBT advocates say that 1 million people live in cities across the state that recognize same-sex relationships.
On Wednesday evening, Rochester became the fifth community in Minnesota to approve a domestic partner registry for same-sex couples. By a 6-to-1 vote, the city council approved the measure, adding Rochester to a list of cities — Edina, Minneapolis,…
After sometimes angry and emotional debate Monday, the Moorhead City Council defeated an ordinance that would’ve created a domestic partner registry. Some at the council meeting said the registry of same-sex couples would reflect Moorhead’s inclusive values, while others warned it could lead to the breakdown of traditional marriage. “I don’t like queer relationships,” one man said. “Do you want the city of Moorhead to be known as a queer community?”
Yesterday, St. Paul became the third municipality in Minnesota to offer a domestic partnership registry. No citizens testified against the measure, and the city council unanimously approved the registry Wednesday afternoon. Mayor Chris Coleman signed the ordinance into law…
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