[extropy-chat] Moveon.org

[Emlyn]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:55:39 -0400, Brent Neal <brentn at freeshell.org> wrote:
> (9/16/04 18:00) Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >You can reproduce EVERY aspect of a regular legal marriage with
> >contract law and business partnership agreements, except ONE: social
> >security benefits inheritance.
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> Not true.  Try going to the hospital, even with a health care power of attorney, to sit at the bedside of someone who isn't in your immediate family. The HCPA will let you see their doctor, but the doctor will keep you from seeing your partner.  Seen that. Very ugly.
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This is a bit of a weird suggestion...

For these purposes of being family, perhaps also relevant wrt
inheritance, could a gay couple adopt each other, so that each was the
legal adopted child of the other? Crazy, but maybe it would achieve
family status?

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Emlyn

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