THIS IS IT. Gay Marriage Goes B4 Cali Supreme Court Today!

[alphabassettgrrl]

http://www.now.org/issues/marriage/marriage_unions.html compares civil marriage with civil partnership. Most of them deal with taxes and financial arrangements; not available to civil unions.

If you're going to keep totally financially separate, it's hardly worth being married, right? To pass on your money to someone else when you die, separate health insurance, whatever.

But easier doesn't mean better when easier also comes with all kinds of built in discrimination as to who is entitled to the ease.

Thank you.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

If you're going to keep totally financially separate, it's hardly worth being married, right?

I don't know, I try not to define for others what it means to be married.

As far as I am concerned I was married to Lani for years before we bothered to get the state involved and what I consider essential to us being married has absolutely nothing to do with the entwinement of our health insurance (which, despite being married, still hasn't happened) or the dispensation of our estates when we die (which, despite default inheritance laws we have done our best to supersede with alternate contracts in the form of living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, etc.).

Since the institution of state marriage exists I support completely it being expanded to include gay couples. But I also support it being extended to include any combination of consenting adults.

[I Heart Disneyland]

This issue makes me so angry! Why government has to get in the way of gay marriage blows my mind!!! I have so many wonderful gay friends who deserve the right to be married the same way as much as me and my hubby of 21 years.