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Old 11-20-2008, 03:48 PM   #77 (permalink)
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how about health insurance? if you aren't married you cannot get put on each others insurance.
That's not a right, that's up to the health insurance companies. Some do, some don't. The government has nothing to do with that (yet).
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How about filing taxes as married?
Did you read my posts?
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How about certain cases where rights are assumed between married people (one dies without a will)
Get a will. Get a civil union and have that be part of it.
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there are plenty of cases where they are denied things. And the word fits their commitment just fine.
Find a 30+ year old dictionary through a thousand year old dictionary (yes, I'm making that part up, but you get my drift) and see if it really fits. Change for changes' sake is not smart nor worthwhile
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Maybe we should just call hetero marriges "breeding contracts", that way you can have something that truely is only between a man and a woman......
If that were what they were called for hundreds of years, it would be true. Otherwise, why change what's worked for so long?
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