The Richfield City Council approves the first reading of a domestic partnership ordinance.
“I frankly don’t care what neighboring communities are doing. I don’t care what their justification is. I don’t care what businesses are doing,” Council Member Pat Elliott stated. “I care about what the citizens of Richfield have asked us to do.” With that said, and many other things along the way, the Richfield City Council approved the first reading of the Domestic Partnership Registration Ordinance Tuesday night. After a Richfield resident brought the idea to the Richfield Human Rights Commission, the commission in turn brought it to the city council. The proposed ordinance would allow same-sex and other long-term couples—who live or work in Richfield—to register their relationships as a domestic partnership with the city. The ordinance…
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Though largely symbolic, a new domestic partnership ordinance would grant same-sex couples and others official recognition in Richfield.
Richfield will more than likely join eight other Minnesota cities in implementing a domestic partnership ordinance, which would allow same-sex and other long-term couples to register their relationships and gain certain privileges. The domestic partnership ordinance is part of the larger national debate regarding the legal status of same-sex relationships. However, the registry isn’t limited to same-sex couples, but is also available to any couple who, for whatever reason, can’t or won’t get married. The possibility of creating a domestic partnership ordinance began in 2010, when Richfield resident, Philip Lowe, Jr., brought the idea to Mayor Debbie Goettel and Council Member Sue Sandahl at a caucus event. During the conversation, Lowe …
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