Posted on 06/01/2007 4:39:58 AM PDT by greedo
California's prison system is changing its regulations to allow conjugal visits for gay and lesbian inmates in response to a legal threat and a 2003 law that gave domestic partners many of the same rights as married couples.
Facing a complaint from an inmate in a Vacaville prison and pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has begun to allow overnight visits for inmates with registered domestic partners and is to adopt permanent regulations later this year. The change will allow gay and lesbian inmates the same rights as other inmates, who are eligible to spend up to three days with family members in living areas -- usually trailers -- on prison grounds.
Corrections officials say they are responding to legislation signed by former Gov. Gray Davis that awarded more rights to registered domestic partners and prohibited state agencies from discriminating against domestic partners.
"We intend to comply with the law,'' said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Only five other states -- Connecticut, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York and Washington -- allow conjugal visits of any kind; California is believed to be the first state in the country to allow visits for domestic partners.
The new regulations will add domestic partners to a list of family members, ranging from spouses to siblings to grandparents, who can visit inmates overnight.
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Sometimes I don't know why I even get out of bed in the morning.
Dropping soap in the shower doesn’t do it for them?
“...a 2003 law that gave domestic partners many of the same rights as married couples”.
Well at least they haven’t been able to change the definition of marriage yet, that’s what’s important, right?
Seems like everyday there is another new low
I’d imagine if NAMBLA threatens to sue California to allow children to visit pedophiles, they’d roll over and allow that too.
Grandparents?
Seems like everyday there is another new law............
What goes around, ...
Never mind!
Are these consequences intended or unintended?
What about beastiality folks?..........will pets be allowed?........
Wow, first time I ever had a comment removed. I guess the Mods are a little touchy this morning.
Can’t wait for all the folks who were defending Mary Cheney to show up on this thread.
The inmates are running the insane asylum. This must be what the last days of the Roman Empire was like.
Total freaking insanity later pingout.
Great- now in addition to massive costs for dental work due to Meth usage, we can pay the never-ending costs of HIV that is contracted while they are incarcerated!@!!!!
>>>>>California is believed to be the first state in the country to allow visits for domestic partners.<<<<<
Believed? If there are only five other states that allow conjugal visits, how hard is it to do some research to find out if any other states actually DO allow homo conjugal visits.
I’m going to chalk this up to journalistic laziness. Surely the MSM wouldn’t try to make it sound like homo conjugal visits are more commonplace than they actually are.
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