
{"id":3978,"date":"2008-11-19T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2008-11-19T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T20:53:10","slug":"carrboro-board-of-aldermen-on-civil-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/11\/19\/carrboro-board-of-aldermen-on-civil-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrboro Board of Aldermen on civil unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s note: Dozens of Orange County residents joined hundreds from across the state last Saturday to protest the recent Prop 8 vote in California and similar measures in other states. Following is a resolution passed last week by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nA Resolution in Support of Civil Marriage for Same-Sex Couples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, The Election Day victories by anti-gay activists in California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas were a painful reminder that the gay rights movement still faces many challenges; and<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWHEREAS, discriminatory marriage laws in the United States deprive same-sex couples of over 1000 federal rights and benefits automatically bestowed by civil marriage including, among others, health care coverage, tax benefits, divorce, domestic violence protections, privileges under immigration and naturalization law, inheritance rights, survivor benefits and child custody; and<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, the denial of such benefits has been demonstrated to have significant psychological and social impact on the physical, social, and economic well-being of gay and lesbian couples and their families; and<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes marriage as one of the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbasic civil rights of man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fundamental to our very existence and survival\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; and<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, heterosexual relationships have a legal framework for their existence through civil marriage, which provides a stabilizing force. In the United States, with the exception of Massachusetts, same-sex couples are currently denied the important legal benefits, rights and responsibilities of civil marriage. Same-sex couples therefore experience several kinds of state-sanctioned discrimination that can adversely affect the stability of their relationships and their mental health; and<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, the love that brings and binds two people of the same, or opposite sex, together transcends gender; and<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS, as Americans, we must remember a foundational principle of our form of government: all are created equal. Consistent with the pursuit of liberty and justice for all, same-sex couples should have full and equal access to the rights and responsibilities bestowed by civil marriage; and<\/p>\n<p>NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Carrboro, North Carolina, endorse and support the rights of same-sex couples to share fully and equally in the rights, responsibilities and commitments of civil marriage.<\/p>\n<p>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that civil marriage for same-sex couples must include all the benefits commonly bestowed upon opposite-sex couples, including, among other rights, healthcare coverage and related decision-making, privileges under immigration and naturalization law, survivor benefits, inheritance rights, and child custody.<br \/>\nThis the 13th day of November 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s note: Dozens of Orange County residents joined hundreds from across the state last Saturday to protest the recent Prop 8 vote in California and similar measures in other states. Following is a resolution passed last week by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. A Resolution in Support of Civil Marriage for Same-Sex Couples WHEREAS, The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3979,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}