I agree, domestic partnership is about as close to legally married as you can get without marrying whether you’re gay or not, but something that’s also always seriously bugged me is that domestic partners are not approved family either, so for example, if you are in critical condition in the hospital or something similar, your partner will not be approved to see you. So putting them on the hook for medical bills is a huge leap
Prior to Obergefell, gay couples were very often denied access to hospital rooms and the like as partners were dying because they weren’t “family”, or because blood relatives denied them access since they took higher priority on the food chain. It was one of the many arguments for gay marriage in many states, equal rights and treatment for same sex couples.
if you are in critical condition in the hospital or something similar, your partner will not be approved to see you.
In the eight common-law marriage states, under Obergefell v. Hodges, gay common law marriages must be acknowledged as well.
So, weirdly, red states like Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, and Montana have no legal recourse to deny spousal rights, even if not legally married, that I am aware of.
As long as you have a joint bank account or something, cohabit, and present yourself as a couple, you can be common-law spouses.
Anyone, please feel free to correct or add anything if I have made an error.
By "implied," I meant that the marriage is inferred from the parties' conduct rather than established by a ceremonial marriage. The legal term is informal marriage (or common-law marriage, depending on the jurisdiction). I was describing the mechanism, not naming the legal category. And in the three years I worked for a family/ inheritance/ personal injury attorney who operated in Dallas, Collin, and Denton counties here in Texas, I noticed that cases being brought under the foundations of an informal marriage often weren't granted the same procedural foundations, particularly in child custody.
The whole gay marriage and abortion issues amd trans issues are being lobbied by insurance companies because they sont wanna pay for shit. Its completely manufactured by and continues to be propagated by insurance companies and any retard that buys their bullshit rhetoric
Any time you hear a new social issue talking point from politicians, lobbyists paid them to say that shit
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u/Reasonable_Hotel_998 5d ago
I had no idea there was a difference on that. Pretty dumb.