Orange County Set to Approve Countywide Domestic Partner Registry
Orange County Board of Commissioners will vote today on a countywide domestic partnership registry.
Orlando Opens Domestic Partner Registry, Pope Teresa Continues “Due Diligence”
As Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs continues to undertake “research” regarding the establishment of a domestic partner registry, on Thursday, Orlando implemented the region’s first Domestic Partner Registry, with the first couples beginning to register with the City at 10:00 a.m.
City Unanimously Approves Gay Registry
Orlando City commissioners voted unanimously Monday to implement a Domestic Partnership Registry, as scores of LGBT couples applauded the city on the historic event. While the ordinance will not grant LGBT persons the same rights as married couples, it grants registered domestic partners in same-sex or opposite-sex couples the right to visit each other in the hospital, nursing homes, jail and make health care decision for each other.
City Council gives Green Light to Domestic Partnership Registry
At the Orlando City Council meeting Monday, commissioners voted unanimously to move ahead with an ordinance to establish a Domestic Partnership Registry. With dozens of LGBT couples in attendance, close to twenty people addressed the Council, many of them telling emotional stories of how they or their friends have been discriminated against.
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