Today is National Freedom To Marry Day, set aside in 1999 as a day of advocacy in support of the right of same-sex couples to be legally wed. This blog strongly supports the expansion of ALL civil rights to America's citizens, regardless of sexual identity or orientation.
Without the legal sanction of marriage, same sex couples:
- lose any potential income tax benefits that apply to married partners.
- experience increased difficulty adopting children. In fact, some states still forbid the practice.
- are frequently denied employment benefits such as heath or life insurance for their partners.
- do not receive Social Security benefits upon the death of the partner, benefits to which the surviving partner in a heterosexual couple is eligible.
- do not enjoy the legal right of survivorship. For people without wills, state law provides that property moves directly to the spouse. In same-sex partnerships, when one person dies, his or her relatives can demand all of the deceased partner's assets. Even wills can be challenged under a legal loophole called "undue influence."
- do not automatically have decision-making rights when partners are seriously ill and unable to make decisions for themselves.
Granting the legal right to marry, and thus affording specific privileges so some groups and not others has been used as a form of social control in this country for long enough.
Want to do something? Sign the petition here.
6 comments:
Case: EXCELLENT! We need more faith-based communities to do the same!
DONE.
fancy that - i was looking for something to do today!
great "comic" and happy day!!!!!
As long as they don't mess with my right to stay single, I don't care what two people want to make each other miserable.
That comic says it all.....
I thought I was the only one sho saw that connection.
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