[Charles Wickman]

Your relative's situation is difficult for you--and likely even more so for him. But that doesn't mean that his difficulty should militate erasure of the natural law, nor accord him the benefits rightly-ordered societies have conferred on married couples.

My daughter's situation is difficult for her and her partner.
They have lived together for several years and want to make their relationship official. They want to receive the same benefits that other married couples receive (tax filings, insurance policies, etc.). They want to get married.
As a family, we have talked about it many times. For them it is not an excuse to be promiscuous (that's an insulting suggestion frankly), they are in a monogamous relationship. Their sexual activity is an expression of their love, they simply lack the ability to conceive a child.
Although they are researching ways around that.
If they have to raise my grandchild out of wedlock, I will be disappointed,
but I have to accept their decision and the circumstances that force them to raise my grandchild out of wedlock.

[ninenot]

Sorry about that. You are asking for legislative relief against nature--can't be done, any more than they can have children naturally.