California IN BRIEF : LAGUNA BEACH : Law on Unmarried Couples Supported
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Orange County’s first “domestic partnerships” ordinance, a city law that grants unmarried couples some of the same rights as husbands and wives, has received preliminary approval from the City Council. The law is designed to give partners such privileges as visiting their companions in the hospital or making funeral arrangements for a loved one. The bill was proposed by Mayor Robert F. Gentry, whose companion of 15 years died of AIDS in 1989.
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