01-02-2012, 12:06 PM
There are too many practical reasons for legal rights. I bet your pure love for each other will be hollow comfort when something like this happens:
http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/fl_20080...l-hospital
Btw, it doesn't mention it, but the hospital was provided with legal documents showing she had a legal right to her partner (independent of her out of state marriage) and they still wouldn't allow her or her children in.
Granted, President Obama has changed the laws so that this (HOPEFULLY) won't happen again. But there are other reasons it's important as well.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/fl_20080...l-hospital
Btw, it doesn't mention it, but the hospital was provided with legal documents showing she had a legal right to her partner (independent of her out of state marriage) and they still wouldn't allow her or her children in.
Granted, President Obama has changed the laws so that this (HOPEFULLY) won't happen again. But there are other reasons it's important as well.