It two homosexuals have the time to "register" there is no excuse for simply signing a health surrogate or inheritence docs.
The inheritence laws you cite are there to protect the production of children for society.
Society rewards the institution, society is not there to reward individuals fetish for a peculiar form of recreational sex.
There is nothing to overcome since homosexuals have always been free to marry members of the opposit sex AND heterosexuals of the same sex have been prohibited from marrying each other.
Homosexuality is only a behavior for recreational sex. period.
This is requiring one group to hire a lawyer at some cost, to fill out paperwork to provide the same coverage that is provided automatically to another group. This is patently unfair; and thus falls into the 'equal protection under the law' clause.
Would you tolerate legal protection automatically provided to Blacks, that whites would have to hire a lawyer and file paperwork for? Or legal benefits provided to women, that men would have to hire a lawyer and fill out forms to match the female's inherit legal protection?
Now, to be fair; and that is what the whole argument is about has obvious benefits, but it also has substancial negatives too.
We know that heterosexual relationships tend to be more stable than homosexual relationships. And the divorce rate among heterosexuals is nearing the 50% mark. What would you expect the divorce rate to be among the gay community? Let's give them the benefits we heterosexuals all get to enjoy. So, they can split their possessions, finances and income 50/50. They too can pay alimony for the rest of thier lives. If they want to be equal; I have no problem with that.