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An appeals court has upheld Wisconsin's domestic partnership law.
Gay civil rights advocates cheered a victory on Dec. 21, when Wisconsin’s 4th District Court of Appeals said the state domestic partnership law is constitutional.
The decision was delayed by a day due to severe weather in the Midwest, then released on a Friday morning, as many in the government were preparing for a four-day holiday weekend.
In affirming a lower court decision that the partnership law does not violate the 2006 state constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, the court stated: “... it would ‘take pages’ to list the rights and obligations that go with marriages but not domestic partnerships. …It is not necessary to list that many here to demonstrate that...the rights and obligations of marriage are not substantially similar to the rights and obligations of domestic partnerships.”
Lambda Legal, which sued to intervene in the case after the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office refused to defend the measure against a challenge from the right-wing Wisconsin Family Association, welcomed the victory.
“The court has affirmed what we have maintained all along – it is ridiculous to suggest that a domestic partnership law could be considered anything closely resembling a marriage for purposes of state law,” said Lambda attorney Christopher Clark.
As a small-business owner, Colin Murray anticipates a bright holiday season. The president of Dane Buy Local, he knows other locally owned businesses in Madison share his optimism.
Different By Design Today, the Madison-based business that Murray owns with his partner Michael Anderson, creates original works of art from repurposed materials, such as wallpaper, paint and other supplies left over from the couple’s decorating business. Now seven years old, the business has attracted a following through appearances at art fairs around the Midwest. Murray believes the visibility his company has gained will help boost holiday sales.
Other small-business owners in Wisconsin anticipate similar success this season, thanks to consumers’ increasing awareness of the value of “shopping small” and buying from locally owned businesses. It’s something that not only helps local merchants succeed, but also has a significant economic and social impact on the community.
Public transit in Milwaukee narrowly escaped the ax thanks to a creative, last-minute funding strategy by County Executive Chris Abele.
When it comes to getting where she has to go, Jamecca Cohee, 30, relies on the Milwaukee County Public Transit System for “everything, every day – Monday through Sunday,” she says.
The Kenosha Common Council voted 15-0 last night – with one abstention – to adopt a resolution extending employee health-care benefits to the same-sex partners of city workers. With that lopsided vote, Wisconsin’s fourth largest city became its fifth this year to support fairness for its workers. Alderperson Chris Schwartz, who spearheaded the resolution, said the benefits should become available during the first quarter of 2013. In order to apply, city workers need only to show proof of registration under the state’s partner registry law. The resolution was the first major initiative introduced by Schwartz, who was elected in April to represent Kenosha’s 2nd Aldermanic District. Schwartz is perhaps best known in the city as co-owner of the popular Franks Diner, which is virtually a regional institution. She’s a past president of the Kenosha Downtown Business District.
The Kenosha Common Council voted 15-0 last night – with one abstention – to adopt a resolution extending employee health-care benefits to the same-sex partners of city workers.
Scott Walker was elected governor on the promise that he’d create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin by 2015.
Recycled tote bag from Nomi Network, a Cambodian non-profit that markets tote bags created from colorful, graphic fish-feed and rice bags.
Holiday shopping can be such a grind. You buy, you wrap, you hand it over – times 20. If you’re feeling overly cynical, try some Fair Trade gifting and offer your recipients the story behind their gifts as well.
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My research for this article led me to a cookbook published in 1891 by the Ladies of the Plymouth Church in Des Moines, Iowa. The book’s introduction contained the following caveat:
Writer and filmmaker David France’s film debut, “How to Survive a Plague,” is one of the most acclaimed films of the year. The AIDS documentary won a 2013 Independent Spirit Award nomination for best documentary and a New York Film Critics Award for best first film. It’s been short-listed for an Academy Award for best documentary.
The Milwaukee man accused of fatally shooting beloved Milwaukee activist Desiree Marie Harrell on Jan. 2, 2012, is set to go on trial weeks after the one-year anniversary of the crime.
Raymond Earl Baker, 35, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Vittorio Giordano knows that the holidays are best celebrated with truffles. He doesn’t mean the overwrought chocolate kind that come wrapped in colorful foil, but the exotic fungus that grows underground and is considered a delicacy worldwide.
Lavish costumes, romance, familiar songs and a storyline about a young girl training to become a high-class prostitute – what better way to ring in the holidays?
Nothing, according to Dale Gutzman, whose Off the Wall Theatre celebrates the season with “Gigi.” The 1958 Lerner and Lowe musical about a Parisienne courtesan and her “vieux protecteur,” which opens Dec. 14, is designed to be an engaging theatrical holiday truffle, but one with complexities at its center, Gutzman says.
American musician Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, right, and his producer Ryan Lewis. - PHOTO: Carlo Allegri/Invision/AP
Macklemore isn’t afraid to tell you he was scared when he saw some of the destinations for his upcoming tour.
