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Domestic Partnership Registry

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Q&A: Clayton's Domestic Partnership Registry

Find out who is eligible for the City of Clayton's new registry, what benefits it provides and how much it costs.

Now that the Clayton Board of Aldermen has approved the formation of a domestic partnership registry, residents may be asking how they can sign up. The following answers were taken from an email interview with Clayton officials, a city news release and comments posted using social media. When did the domestic partnership registry win approval? Aldermen approved the registry during a meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. What benefits does the registry provide to residents? The registry does several things for residents How does this affect Clayton organizations and businesses? Quoting from the news release: "The ordinance is intended to make it easier for institutions and businesses to identify recipients of their benefit plans, open access …

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Domestic Partnership Registry Approved in Clayton

It happened Tuesday night.

A domestic partnership registry won approval Tuesday night during a meeting of the Clayton Board of Aldermen, KSDK Channel 5 reported. Quoting from the KSDK article: "Clayton is the third municipality in St. Louis County to create a registry, and creates a system where same-sex couples as well as opposite-sex couples can make their relationship a matter of record." Read more about what the registry means and what people are saying about it in the full KSDK report. More about the domestic partnership registry on Patch:

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Aldermen Agenda: Domestic Partnership Registry to Receive Consideration

The Clayton Board of Aldermen is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall.

The creation of a domestic partnership registry is among the items scheduled for discussion Tuesday by the Clayton Board of Aldermen. The meeting is set to begin at 7 p.m. at City Hall. No discussion session is planned beforehand. Agenda highlights follow; a complete agenda may be downloaded from the city's website.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

TIMELINE: Sexual-Orientation Policies Adopted in Three St. Louis County Cities

On Nov. 22, Clayton joined Olivette and University City in prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

On Nov. 22, Clayton adopted nondiscrimination amendments protecting sexual orientation and gender identity. Two other cities in St. Louis County has passed similar measures. City Manager Craig Owens also said officials are working on plans for a domestic partnership registry. The following is a brief timeline of adopted legislation on sexual orientation and gender identity in the county. Nov. 3, 2003 — University City, MO, adopts prohibitions against discrimination in housing, public accommodations and employment on the basis of sexual orientation. The measure passes 6-1. Minutes from the meeting show that then-Councilman Wayne Munkel opposed the measure and "noted that this bill has no demonstrated need in the City." Councilman Robert …

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Maggie Rotermund

8:16 am on Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Great information and a look back at the issue.   more ›

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