[longtermmemmory]

that is incorrect. One correctly drafted durable power of attorney would accomplish the task.

Just because it would make life "convenient" for homsexuals does not mean the institution of marriage must be deconstructed or we have to subject our children to the deviancy of alternative lifestyles though public education.

[mvpel]

You seem to have this rosy idealistic view of the "institution of marriage" when the reality is far from that. Go to Las Vegas and get married in 15 minutes, for example, or marry and then divorce within 5 years as many people seem to do.

Heterosexuals have been doing a pretty good job of deconstructing the instutution of marriage all by ourselves, without any help from gays.