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Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples Online from 1995-2022 Demian and Steve Bryant originally founded Partners as a monthly newsletter in 1986. By late 1990 it was reformatted into a bi-monthly magazine. Print publication was halted by 1995 when Demian published Partners as a Web site, which greatly expanded readership. In 1988, the Partners National Survey of Lesbian & Gay Couples report was published; the first major U.S. survey on same-sex couples in a decade. In 1996, Demian produced The Right to Marry, a video documentary based on the dire need for equality that was made clear by the data from the survey mentioned above. The video featured interviews with Rev. Mel White, Evan Wolfson, Phyllis Burke, Richard Mohr, Kevin Cathcart, Faygele benMiriam, Benjamin Cable-McCarthy, Susan Reardon, Frances Fuchs, Tina Podlodowski, and Chelle Mileur. Demian has been the sole operator during the last two decades of Partners. Demian stopped work on Partners Task Force in order to realize his other time-consuming projects, which include publishing the book “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” - which is now available on Amazon. The book is based on the Partners Survey mentioned above, his interviews of scores of couples, and 36 years of writing hundreds of articles about same-sex couples. It’s also been informed by his personal experience in a 20-year, same-sex relationship. Demian’s other project is to publish his “Photo Stories by Demian” books based on his more than six decades as a photographer and writer. |
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Supporting Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom San Diego County Democratic Party Central Committee Adopted on April 12, 2005 WHEREAS: Civil marriage is a legal institution recognized by the state in order to promote stable relationships and to protect individuals who are in those relationships; to provide important protections for the families of those who are married; but the gender-specific definition of marriage that the Legislature previously adopted specifically discriminates in favor of different-sex couples and, consequently, discriminates against same-sex couples. WHEREAS: The California Democratic Party has an interest in encouraging stable relationships regardless of the gender or sexual orientation of the partners; our party must recognize that benefits that accrue to marriage accrue regardless of the gender or sexual orientation of the partners; and our party must support efforts to end the pernicious practice of marriage discrimination in California while upholding guarantees of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and of Section 4 of Article I of the California Constitution to free exercise of religion and enjoyment of religion without discrimination or preference. WHEREAS: Throughout American history, California Democrats have been early at the lead against discrimination and for the protection of the rights and liberties of the American people, and our state democratic party most recently took a strong position against amending the Constitution of the United States to single out groups of Americans for discrimination. Be it Resolved that the California Democratic Party stands against discrimination in any form and in support of equal rights for gays and lesbians and their families;
Be it further Resolved that the California Democratic Party meeting in convention in Los Angeles, April 15-17, 2005 supports public policy guaranteeing civil marriage equality for all people who choose to make a marriage commitment as a couple with full rights, responsibilities, privileges and protections that are conveyed by full legal marital status within the marriage license requirements.
Orginally posted to the official San Diego County Democratic Party Central Committee Web site:
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