especially since it's not up to them but up to the states anyway, they both missed an opportunity not to look like total jerks and just point out the irrelevence of the question.
yeah, but even being married in CA affords me and my wife very little concessions. NM recognizes it, but barely... and the federal government doesn't recognize it really at all... And the states are so slow in coming around, if at all, to giving gay couples any rights at all. Big business has recognized homosexual couples rights for quite some time (we were getting benefits through Qwest five years ago) but the government just won't come around... its so frustrating.
i'm glad you at least have the (admittedly) small benefit of being in california. texas will probably allow gay marriage eventually. that was a joke.
as far as benefits packages go, i think anybody should be able to qualify. if you are single and live with your sister, why shouldn't she be able to be on your insurance as a domestic partner? not only are people sometimes penalized for being gay, they are almost always penalized for not having found love at all.
That is VERY true about love... not everyone finds someone. People have to pay for benefits anyway, its not like its completely free, so they should let others get benefits... I agree.
I live in NM, but we drove to CA to get married (because it was legalized there, but still not here). But fortunally NM is one of the few states that doesn't have a ban, and will recognize the marriage, to a point, for like visitation rights, and legal documents... but not for taxes or anything like that. I guess that is something. We both have our own benefits through our jobs so that's not an issue, but there have been times when I was in school and it was SO nice to be able to be on her benefits through work.
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And the states are so slow in coming around, if at all, to giving gay couples any rights at all.
Big business has recognized homosexual couples rights for quite some time (we were getting benefits through Qwest five years ago) but the government just won't come around... its so frustrating.
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as far as benefits packages go, i think anybody should be able to qualify. if you are single and live with your sister, why shouldn't she be able to be on your insurance as a domestic partner? not only are people sometimes penalized for being gay, they are almost always penalized for not having found love at all.
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I live in NM, but we drove to CA to get married (because it was legalized there, but still not here). But fortunally NM is one of the few states that doesn't have a ban, and will recognize the marriage, to a point, for like visitation rights, and legal documents... but not for taxes or anything like that. I guess that is something. We both have our own benefits through our jobs so that's not an issue, but there have been times when I was in school and it was SO nice to be able to be on her benefits through work.
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