kowenicki said:
kitler53 said:
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i'm not sure how things work in the UK but the USA has a ton of "marriage laws" that give married couples extra rights and entitlements non-married people don't get. civil partnerships also are not covered by marriage laws.
i had a friend that lost her business due to being a lesbian. she put her partner on her checking account. as a small business owner she had significantly more money than her then grad student girlfriend. the IRS came and said because they were not married those monies fell under "gift tax" laws (taxed at ~50%). financially it nearly destroyed her.
so no, civil partnerships are not enough.
seperate but equal did not work for race. it will not work for sexual preference. i really don't care what people think in terms of religion and i really don't want government saying anything about marriage in context to peoples relgion. but governing laws...laws need to be fair and equal.
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In the UK, civil partnerships have the same legal standing as marriage and even financial laws and rules fully apply.
so it sounds like bad US law making to me.
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bad? yes.
deliberately bad? sadly, yes as well.
