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Bill Clinton Is For Gay Marriage
The former prez answered in the affirmative when asked whether he supports same-sex marriage.
The former president joins a string of prominent Democrats who have recently switched their position on the issue, including former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean, New York Senator Charles E. Schumer, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine and Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd.
Clinton’s reversal is the highest-profile one to date.
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DC now recognizing same-sex couples
The law is now in effect. Legally married same-sex couples can now have that union recognized in our country’s capital. WashPo has a useful FAQ on the matter.
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Same-Sex Couples and the Census
USA Today has an interesting article on the difficulties of upgrading the census to include same-sex couples. While there seems to be a consensus that it needs to be done—government lawyers say that DOMA should not prevent the census from including same-sex marriages—the details of the problem are somewhat complicated: it’s not just a matter of counting. For example, since 2000 the census software automatically reclassified any reported same-sex spouse as an “unmarried partner”.
Some details that need work:
• Changing the software that processes Census questionnaires so that it doesn’t automatically convert same-sex married couples to unmarried partners. Census is not confident it can make the change by 2010.
• The federal marriage act may not apply to the Census but it does apply to every other federal agency that uses Census data to dole out federal funds and enforce fair housing and equal opportunity laws.
• Any change in …
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Domestic Partnerships Allowed in Wisconsin
Wisconsin, a state with a constitution strictly prohibiting same-sex marriages or even any legal status resembling a marriage, will soon allow same-sex couples to get limited domestic partnerships, affording them some of the rights given to married couples.
The text of the bill is here. The domestic partnership info is on page 604.
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DNC LGBT Fundraiser nets $1M
Despite many prominent guests dropping out, the DNC’s LGBT fundraiser managed to raise $1,000,000 from the attendees who paid from $1,000 to $30,400 apiece to listen to Vice-P Biden give a speech. The event outdid last year’s by about a quarter of a million. It is not clear whether those that had dropped out had paid for their plates in advance or not, or whether or not they got their money back. But many are calling the event a success.
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