Dane County judge rules for domestic partnership registry

Madison - In a strongly worded decision, a Dane County judge ruled Monday that Wisconsin's domestic partnership registries do not violate the state constitution's ban on gay marriage and civil unions.

Circuit Judge Daniel R. Moeser ruled that Chapter 770, the law that legalized the registries for same-sex couples, does not grant status to domestic partners identical or substantially similar to marriage, according to a copy of the ruling.

"Ultimately, it is clear that (the law) does not violate the marriage amendment because it does not create a legal status for domestic partners that is identical or substantially similar to that of marriage. The state does not recognize domestic partnership in a way that even remotely resembles how the state recognizes marriage," Moeser wrote.

In 2006, Wisconsin voters approved with 60% of the vote a constitutional ban on both marriage and a "legal status identical or substantially similar to marriage" for same-sex couples. Wisconsin Family Action, a group that supports marriage as being between a man and a woman, filed suit against the law in September.

the rest at JSOnline

That fair and balanced Dane County, yeah, I know, a shocker.  "Catholic" Gov Doyle imposed domestic partnerships on the state in complete disregard for the Wisconsin traditional marriage constitutional amendment of 2006.  Taken to the Wisconsin Supreme Court the measure will be overruled.

It's all about adoption.

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