Power of attorney and estate management are pieces of paper that should be signed by all involved parties, married or not, homosexual or not.
Now for tax breaks. I'm not aware of any tax breaks for getting married. My wife and I will have to pay more in taxes now that we are married. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Gay Marriage( Was: Re: Activist Judges) > > I think it's much more about acceptance and respect, personally. It's a > desire to get the same benefits as others for the same commitment. > > "Love" is an intangible - it's a "nice to have" in marriage but not > required > by any means. However legal marriage offers benefits that committed > homosexual couples have trouble getting: tax breaks, power of attorney, > estate management, etc. > > In exchange for those benefits all heterosexuals have to do is sign a > paper > claiming a commitment - homosexuals are prevented from doing the same > thing > (in most states). > > Jim Davis > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148274 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
