Columbia, Missouri City Council Passes Domestic Partnership Registry
April 7, 2009 by Bryan
Domestic partners are now legally recognized in Columbia after a unanimous City Council vote.
Elected leaders approved the new domestic partner registry Monday night. St. Louis, Kansas City and Jackson County already have such registries.
The legal recognition can allow partners to participate in health care decisions, burial arrangements and other matters. The law is not equivalent to legalizing same-sex marriage, and City Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe pointed out that private employers don’t have to follow the registry.
While this is a big step for another city in Missouri, once you leave city limits you have no partnership rights. So imagine you and your partner drive an hour away and get in a car accident. You now have no rights in making medical decisions for your partner.
Wow….this is quite a wave the last two weeks.
There was a plus side to Prop 8! Everyone said we needed more activity and awareness and we got it. According to this article, we might never have realized how much action was needed unless that ban passed.
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/2009/april/The-Plus-Side-of-Prop-8–Continued-Momentum-for-Gay-Marriage.html
We need to legalize this all over missouri. Missouri Is full of gay and lesbian people that love eachother and should be able to show that to one another just like staight couples