[brwnsuga]

I don’t believe a government mandate is necessary for this. No one would refuse a patients visitor anyway. The health care team is not their to take care of a patients morals, only their health.

[flib]

Hospitals don’t turn people away for pete’s sake. People shacking up also visit each other in the hospital.
As far as decisions; ANYONE can legally designate ANYONE to make decisions for them in the event of a medical emergency. It takes 20 minutes to get a power of attorney. (faster than getting married).

[tobyhill]

You are correct but now Obama is mandating that hospitals take care of peoples morals. There is a process now day that has worked for decades and for Obama to force hospitals to accept something that may not have before been a part of that process will disrupt the process.

Let's say a gay man is out of state and gets in a car wreck where he's in a coma. If there is no marriage who makes the decisions, relatives or partner?