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Wyoming Kills Marriage Bill, Advances Domestic Partnership Legislation

Wyoming Kills Marriage Bill, Advances Domestic Partnership Legislation

Wyoming

One step back, one step forward in Wyoming.

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A committee of the Wyoming House narrowly killed proposed marriage equality legislation, but its members later advanced a bill to grant domestic partnerships to same-sex couples.

The Wyoming House Corporations Committee rejected HB 169, which would have legalized same-sex marriage, by a 5-4 vote. Malicious testimony including graphic gay sex depictions and comparisons to pedophilia were included in the debate.

A partner bill that would create a domestic partner registry did pass the committee with a 7-2 vote. Read more here.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.