Florida: Dade to consider domestic partners’ "rights"
Steve Rothaus and Matthew I. Pinzur report in the Miami Herald: "Domestic partnerships could be officially recognized by Miami-Dade government this year, guaranteeing hospital visitation rights and allowing county workers to buy health insurance for their partners." Apparently, the legislation under consideration would offer benefits to unrelated cohabiters irrespective of sexual orientation.
”It’s just another effort to demean marriage,” said Anthony Verdugo, executive director of Miami-Dade’s Christian Family Coalition. “Our gut feeling is that it’s pseudo-marriage, marriage-like — even though it says it isn’t.”