[Media2Powerful]

Hmm...you are right about that. What do you think of my point that they'd be getting benefits without the same liabilites, i.e. debt obligation, tax obligation, etc..? Married people pay their joint taxes, shared debt, etc.. It looks to me like it should either be both liabilities and assets, or none of the above. Why should someone get domestic partner death benefits without having to pay the partners credit card debt and the like?

[Marathon Man]

Totally with you on that. Privilges and responsibilities should go hand in hand. I personally don't care whether or not gays and lesbians can be married in the eyes of the law because wedlock, to me, doesn't depend on the government for legitimacy. My wife would still be my wife even if the government didn't recognize the marriage.