Why are people angry about Prop 8? when CA already guarentees the same rights to domestic partnerships?
As of 2007, California affords domestic partnerships all of the same rights and responsibilities as marriages under state law (Cal. Fam. Code §297.5). Among these:
Making health care decisions for each other in certain circumstances
Hospital and jail visitation rights that were previously reserved for family members related by blood, adoption or marriage to the sick, injured or incarcerated person.
Access to family health insurance plans (Cal. Ins. Code §10121.7)
Spousal insurance policies (auto, life, homeowners etc..), this applies to all forms of insurance through the California Insurance Equality Act (Cal. Ins. Code §381.5)
Sick care and similar family leave
Stepparent adoption procedures
Presumption that both members of the partnership are the parents of a child born into the partnership
Suing for wrongful death of a domestic partner
Rights involving wills, intestate succession, conservatorships and trusts
The same property tax provisions otherwise available only to married couples (Cal. R&T Code §62p)
Access to some survivor pension benefits
Supervision of the Superior Court of California over dissolution and nullity proceedings
The obligation to file state tax returns as a married couple (260k) commencing with the 2007 tax year (Cal R&T Code §18521d)
The right for either partner to take the other partner’s surname after registration
Community property rights and responsibilities previously only available to married spouses
The right to request partner support (alimony) upon dissolution of the partnership (divorce)
The same parental rights and responsibilities granted to and imposed upon spouses in a marriage
in CA law. they DO
Wow, I didn’t know that. So the LGBT community just wants to be called ‘married’?
I was for them getting the legal rights of marriage, but if they have those rights under a different name, I really don’t know what the fuss is about.
Recommended Reading
- Family Business Estate Planners Understand the Management Succession Planning Process
- Family Business Growth Strategy
- Reasons Why an Estate Plan Can Go Awry – Hull on Estate and Succession Planning #146
- Farm Journal Legacy Project Meet the Esther Family
- Management Succession Planning Blueprint (ebook)
Wow, I didn’t know that. So the LGBT community just wants to be called ‘married’?
I was for them getting the legal rights of marriage, but if they have those rights under a different name, I really don’t know what the fuss is about.
References :
I don’t know
References :
Prop 8 is really great
The people want marriage. They want to be-able to say this is my husband or wife and we’re married. NOT this is my domestic partner and we’re in a domestic partnership. It’s like having two different things for the same purpose and people feel that it isn’t right for them to have to call their relationship something else besides a marriage.
References :
miarrage is different, it’s recognized by religion, there ARE religious gays you know…
References :
Because the civil unions are NOT the same as marriage. they do not have ALL the rights of marriage and it’s about respect. we are people and deserve the same rights as anybody else. i
References :
to me there to different things domestic partnerships is like a slap in the face to me i don’t it makes me feel like i’m not as good as str8 ppl. to me marriage means love that you want to be with that person for every this is why we will continue to fight for that right.
References :
"Separate, but equal" is a long debunked legal proposition. It has always ended up being separate and UNequal. Just ask the thousands of people who are civil unions about how they continue to be discriminated against. No, marriage equality is the only solution.
References :
me-straight bystander