Arizona Amendment Would Nix Domestic Partner Benefits and Void City Benefit Laws Already Passed
HRC via BBSNews 2006-07-06 - WASHINGTON -- Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following comment as extremists in Arizona filed a petition to put a discriminatory constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would deny domestic partner benefits to couples in the state and strip cities that already offer these benefits the right to do so.
"The Arizona Constitution should protect citizens, not single out one group for discrimination," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "Domestic partner benefits are widely supported and this amendment would deny them this right in the very document that was written to protect all Arizonans."
The Human Rights Campaign is a strong supporter of Arizona Together, the coalition to fight the anti-domestic partnership amendment, and will stand side-by-side with them to support their effort through November. The Human Rights Campaign is committed to the coalition and has contributed more than $100,000 to fight this initiative.
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