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West Hollywood passes ordinance on multi-partner domestic relationships
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Fox News, The Washington Times, the New York Post and Breitbart News report that the West Hollywood City Council voted 5-0 to pass an ordinance letting people in relationships of three or more adults sign a declaration of multi-partner domestic relationship with the city clerk. The outlets say the declaration grants qualifying partners hospital and jail visitation rights and additional tenant protections. Breitbart reports that the ordinance does not give these partners the same legal rights as married couples or traditional domestic partners. The New York Post reports that Mayor John Heilman introduced the measure.
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The West Hollywood City Council voted 5-0 to pass an ordinance letting people in relationships of three or more adults sign a declaration with the city clerk.
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The reports say the declaration grants qualifying partners hospital and jail visitation rights and additional tenant protections.
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Breitbart reports that the ordinance does not give these partners the same legal rights as married couples or traditional domestic partners.
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The New York Post reports that Mayor John Heilman introduced the measure.
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Attorney Christina Fialho, who first proposed the idea, told the Los Angeles Times the ordinance is “just the beginning.”
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All four outlets, all on the right, report a 5-0 council vote letting multi-partner groups register with West Hollywood, with hospital and jail visitation rights. Headlines focus on throuples and foursomes, with Breitbart using the loaded word “perverse” and noting the limits on legal rights.
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Headlines stress that throuples and foursomes can now legally register as partners; Breitbart, the Far Right outlet, goes further, calling the arrangements “perverse” in its description.
West Hollywood Allows Throuples, Foursomes, to Legally Register as Domestic Partners
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makes historyperverse arrangements
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makes historyMore neutral: allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners
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California city makes history allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners
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perverse arrangementsMore neutral: other multi-partner arrangements
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…West Hollywood ordinance allows people in "throuples," "foursomes," and other perverse arrangements to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights like…
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West Hollywood Allows Throuples, Foursomes, to Legally Register as Domestic Partners
The West Hollywood ordinance allows people in "throuples," "foursomes," and other Loaded modifier“perverse arrangements”The word “perverse” is a moral judgement about the relationships, not a neutral description of them.More neutral: other multi-partner arrangementsDisagree with this highlight? to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights like hospital visitation and additional tenant protections.
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West Hollywood unanimously passes ordinance granting protections for polyamorous relationships
West Hollywood, California's unanimous 5-0 vote granted hospital and jail visitation rights to people in polyamorous relationships through a city ordinance.
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California city legally allows polyamorous throuples and foursomes to register as partners
Three's company, and four's a crowd, but to some, four might be exactly what they're looking for.
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California city Sensational language“makes history”Claims a historic significance that the facts do not establish.More neutral: allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partnersDisagree with this highlight? allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners
West Hollywood passed the ordinance Tuesday after it was introduced by Mayor John Heilman. The measure allows people in relationships involving multiple partners to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights, including hospital visitation and additional …
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New York Post, Nov 4, 11:46 AM EST
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- Breitbart NewsFar RightNov 4, 8:37 PM EST
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