Domestic Partenership Ordinance

I found today's class pretty interesting and although you all may be tired of this already I wanted to write about it. The Domestic Partnership Ordinance seems like a really good idea. To me if I wasn't involved with someone (committed) I wouldn't get one. However it opens the door in emergencies for a roommate, close friend, or someone besides next of kin to make decisions.

Now I know some of you do not support the ideas of same-sex marriages and I respect that, although my position is not the same. I think that if the qualities of the ordinance were tied into civil unions that would be a great idea. many of the issues same-sex couples address is that they cannot go to their partners child's school, or they cannot make medical decisions. This would, assuming same-sex marriages were never going to happen, be a more sufficient middle grounds. it would be recognized as a union and they would get a many rights. This ordinance wouldn't necessarily recognize a marriage but that these people were in a committed relationship and that they could participate in some of the family affairs. Yes, I do consider them families!

So my next point is that that Dr. Smith asked us if we think the ordinance should be offered to couples who are not considered family . I am not sure, I would hope that if you went and did this that you would consider the person like family or to be in a family like environment with you. I definitely wouldn't walk up to some random man and say let's go get registered. So yes, if they understand the implications and what it means and they are adults then they can have it extended to them.