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I had some problems with Stacey's article, mainly because (and it could be from skimming) it seemed like one moment she was all for gay and lesbians coming out and being able to be married and raise a family, and the next I felt like she was against it. However, I liked how in the end she decided that, "[i]n th name of our families, and of democracy, we must move forward, not backward, to address the great social threats that imperil us all." (pg 398-9) Now, whether she means death to gay/bi marriage and families, or that as Americans, we need to move forward with policies and address policies with a changing nation instead of trying to revert to what family and life was decades and centuries ago, I don't know. However, I prefer to think she meant the later. --Ashley Wilkins | I had some problems with Stacey's article, mainly because (and it could be from skimming) it seemed like one moment she was all for gay and lesbians coming out and being able to be married and raise a family, and the next I felt like she was against it. However, I liked how in the end she decided that, "[i]n th name of our families, and of democracy, we must move forward, not backward, to address the great social threats that imperil us all." (pg 398-9) Now, whether she means death to gay/bi marriage and families, or that as Americans, we need to move forward with policies and address policies with a changing nation instead of trying to revert to what family and life was decades and centuries ago, I don't know. However, I prefer to think she meant the later. --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | == Domestic Partnerships == | ||
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| + | Hey guys, I thought you might find this interesting. According to my company's insurance provider, these are the criteria you have to meet in order to have your relationship be considered a domestic partenship. I think it is interesting to see the rules spelled out like this, because it gets at how we define family. (or how we define marriage outside of the institution of marriage) | ||
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| + | Also, using these rules, I was able to get my boyfriend on my health insurance policy as my domestic partner, which was a huge benefit for us. This is an example of something that came up a lot in Stacey's article, that these types of policies, that exist because of the efforts of gay rights advocates, have a big impact on non-gay relationships as well. | ||
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| + | Domestic partners may be of the same sex or of opposite sexes. | ||
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| + | Domestic partners must: | ||
| + | • Be parties to a government-recognized civil union or government-recognized | ||
| + | same sex marriage, or be included in a government domestic partner registry | ||
| + | OR | ||
| + | • Be least 18 years of age, | ||
| + | • Have the legal capacity to contract, | ||
| + | • Share a close, committed, and exclusive personal relationship that is meant to be | ||
| + | of lasting duration, | ||
| + | • Have shared a common legal residence continuously for at least 3 months, | ||
| + | • Be financially interdependent, | ||
| + | • Not be parties to a legally recognized marriage either to each other or anyone else, | ||
| + | • Not share blood or familial relationship that would be bar marriage under the laws | ||
| + | of the state in which the couple resides, nor be a member of another domestic | ||
| + | partnership or substantially similar relationship, and | ||
| + | • Not have been a member of another domestic partnership or substantially similar | ||
| + | relationship within the past 6 months. | ||
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| + | Financial interdependence may be established with any of the following documents: | ||
| + | • Joint mortgage or lease on place of residence | ||
| + | • Joint title on motor vehicle | ||
| + | • Agreement establishing joint bank account or credit card account | ||
| + | • Agreement with a third party lender for joint repayment of indebtedness | ||
| + | • Designation of one partner as the other’s beneficiary for life insurance or | ||
| + | retirement benefits | ||
| + | • A joint will, or reciprocal wills in which each partner designates the other as | ||
| + | executor or primary beneficiary | ||
| + | • Durable powers of attorney by each partner in favor of the other | ||
| + | • Health care directives or living wills in which each partner gives the other the | ||
| + | authority to make health care decisions | ||
