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To: Lane3 who wrote (29425)	2/13/2004 4:23:38 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

Karen - or any of our lawyers on the thread: Setup: Lunch discussion about same-sex marriage turned to the normal points we discuss -> if the feds stay out of the bedroom on this - how can they maintain constraints on polygamy and incest... Then it got funny. Someone brought up the issue of common-law marriage and when it was defined, one of the guys said - how do you differentiate long standing roommates if one files for divorce benefits claiming a same-sex common law marriage? His point was his college roommate and he shared a household for 7 years. He is now doing very well and his ex-roommate is not. If same-sex marriage is permitted, do we get same-sex common-law marriage? He never discussed being anything other than a roommate with the fellow. But would that even matter? John