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To: ManyMoose who wrote (168767)	6/6/2006 3:43:24 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

That's an appealing solution, but how do you deal with the civil benefits of marriage? Everything would have to be looked at carefully and there might be trouble spots but I'd bet most of it could be worked out. Welfare benefits, for example, are essentially about parent/child relationships, not partnerships between adults. Insurance is based on designated beneficiaries as is inheritance for the most part. The beneficiaries are whoever the policy says they are or whoever the state says they are. I have a cousin who died without a will and I am apparently a beneficiary by the laws of the state of NJ. Marriage has nothing to do with it. It would take some thought but I'd bet it's workable. Some things may end up different, but then maybe some things should be. And, in the end, they are whatever we the people say they are.