Deseret News | Senate approves domestic partner registries sans hospital visitation

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Senate approves domestic partner registries sans hospital visitation

Goatnapper'96 | 4:18 p.m. March 3, 2008

Did the august Utah legislator really say "we don't want to be mean spirited" whilst twisting the knife? Shakepeare would have a field day with this group.

Kevin | 4:28 p.m. March 3, 2008

I don't get it is senator Bell saying if we ignore the gays they might go away

Girlie | 4:54 p.m. March 3, 2008

The jouralist who wrote this article has made a few errors in her piece. First, there is an overlooked space that divides a sentence, and eventuall turns the same sentence into two paragrahs. Second, the title says "sans hospital visitation", but it doesn't say anything in the article about hospital visitation.

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Mike | 6:33 p.m. March 3, 2008

great! keep stearing us of the cliff.

Clarity | 10:57 p.m. March 3, 2008

This article states that the bill spells out what benefits governments can provide to domestic partners - exactly what the registry already does, including restoring what registry says about hospital visitation. So, what is the bill doing? What changes is it making to the registry? The article is unclear.

Read | 11:08 p.m. March 3, 2008

Miracle of Forgiveness Chapter 6 and LDS church's website under Newsroom then Public Issues. Homosexuals don't need any special treatment. We are all trying to survive...singles, divorced, widows...all of us. Already so much government exists to help people. This is about steering us off the cliff. 400,000 homosexuals gathered in California last year displaying nudity and performing s-x acts on each other in public. We can not unite to accept and support this. Yes we are kind and love them just the same, but that doesn't mean the government has to accept their behaviors.

MoJules | 11:35 p.m. March 3, 2008

Why does this have to be defined as strictly about homosexuals? If my husband were to die, I may want to live with my brother or find a female room mate, this would be to help with costs. Would this not be considered domestic partners, or do they only define it to those who have same sex relations? There are plenty of older single people who have a room mate and there are older siblings that live together, I would hope they are given these rights. I do not condone gay relationships, and I would never be pro gay marriage, but I do feel that all singles should have rights.

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