Comments on: Columbia, Mo. passes partner registry

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:29:34 +0000

This proves that we as a community are taking bigger steps towards equality and fairness.

By: SteveMD2

SteveMD2 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:52:11 +0000

It is a step. People are beginning to have the guts to get over their embarassment, admit they were wrong in the past.

And that is really of enormous significance. Having spent much of my life in the tech sales business, One of the key lessons was that if you could get a potential customer into a position where he would or feared he would be embarassed in ssome way by not buying your product, you had won the war. But you have to have been there to really understand the nuances.

This is really a big deal, though there is obviously a long way to go there.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:14:03 +0000

I stand corrected Ben W. Thanks.
Maybe in a few years, people will fight for more.
St. Louis already has a registry, right?

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:48:50 +0000

This is nothing more than a way for MO to another $25.00 out of it’s citizens without providing even the slightest benefit. They might as well go door to door and demand a dollar or two from everyone – oh, but wait, that might provide jobs. The registry is cheaper.

Neil

By: Ben W

Ben W — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:35:45 +0000

Courtney,

The Missouri constitution only bans gay marriage. Civil unions and domestic partnerships can still be legislated under Missouri law.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:45:48 +0000

To be fair Jay, I think if they offered benefits, it would be in violation of Missouri’s constitution. If it’s anything like the AR constitution, it bans anything similar to marriage that is open to same-sex couples. (The AR const. doesn’t say it in those words but basically civil unions and domestic partnerships that confer rights are in violation of the constitution)

I would never think Columbia would do this.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:55:44 +0000

Since it confers no benefits, this is a very cheap way to maintain Columbia’s “self-respect.” I’d have more respect for Columbia if it truly was an open, receptive, and tolerant community.

By: TigerTzu

TigerTzu — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:24:56 +0000

“These, my brothers and sisters, are the last group that has not yet been given what is their right,” Rev. Dick Blount told the council. “That’s all we’re asking for. We’re not trying to make the issue complex.”

Further proof that religion is not always our enemy.