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Originally posted by MoxieGrrl
It makes me sad to think that a person could be dying and their wife/husband would not be able to be by their side because they are not married. That is crap.
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This is why I believe that there must be some sort of government-sanctioned civil union for all couples. I have known too many gay couples who have been together for decades--and when one gets sick or dies, the other partner has NO automatic legal recourse.
About marriage being for life...why can't a gay civil union be for life? A man whom I respect very much in my profession has been with his partner for 65 years--more than any heterosexual marriage I know.
If a gay civil union "threatens" heterosexual marriage, what about a young girl who is a serial engager just because she wants to be a Mrs.? What about someone who has seven or eight ex-husbands?