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Originally Posted by Nephythys
I still don't get the issue- I really can not wrap my brain around why anyone CARES!
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I'm not sure I understand. You don't get why anyone cares if Gay people get married, or why Gay people would want to get married? If it's the latter, it has to do not only with equality, but with visitation rights in jails and hospitals, custodial rights with children, health benefit rights, banking arrangements, inheritance issues, and so on. I've had many friends find themselves in dire circumstances when a partner has died from AIDS, only to have the family of the deceased claim all property. Or to be denied visitation rights in the hospital because they're not blood relations. Many of us have resorted to lying to get into the hospital room of a partner. Marriage may come with a lot of drawbacks, but the alternative leaves many of us with no recourse when a partner is in trouble.