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Well, who would then get to decide who has all the rights and privileges that accrue automatically to spouses?
Would corprorations be free to decide who gets the retirement benefits of a deceased employee? Hospitals get to pick and choose who has visiting rights? The FTB and IRS get to determine who gets tax breaks? Ha! Love that last one!
There would be a mish-mash of most-likely crappy decisions of differing, prejudicial, greedy and cruel natures towards people in dire circumstances.
Much as it's far from perfect, I think it's best that these decisions be codified in LAW as opposed to left up to financial or whimsical interests.
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