Wisconsin AG Won’t Defend Domestic Partnership Law

Wisconsin’s attorney general says he won’t defend a law that grants same-sex couples spousal benefits. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Friday that a law extending legal privileges such as hospital visitation and inheritance to gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional. He said it ignores a voter-approved constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage and any “substantially similar” relationships.

Read the full story from the Associated Press.

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  2. Tom Michels August 25th, 2009 1:55 pm

    It’s time for him to be fired.

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