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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (11 children)

You can do paperwork for these things. Marriage is convenient though. We need laws that just say "yeah I trust my friend/relative to decide for me" like a non marriage

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Paperwork didn't help the partners of AIDS victims who were kept out of the hospital and heard of their partner's passing via the obituaries and then kicked out of their house.

    Even today, there are families who would separate sane sex partners and do the same awful things. Marriage guarantees rights, paperwork does nothing to stop the horrible people in our lives that would lash out at the first chance.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    You can do paperwork for these things

    Please explain to me how exactly could I "do paperwork" to restore, for example the spousal communications privilege and the spousal testimonial privilege that would both be taken away from me if my marriage was dissolved.

    And do you really expect people to just start pre-emptively filling out paperwork to notify every single hospital they might possibly ever end up in after some major health issue, that would allow their spouse to visit them, particularly if it's a hospital in an area hostile to queer folks?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Please explain to me how exactly could I “do paperwork”

    You enter into a contractual union that is recognized by the federal government.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    That's not how contracts work

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    !That's not how contracts work!<

    Which part? The entities entering into a contract or the judicial branch honoring contracts?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I get your point. I'm saying these should extend past marriages.

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