As far as I know, the federal government does not recognize 'civil unions'. For instance, a couple in a 'civil union' cannot file as 'married' on their tax return.
Separate..and yet, still not equal. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > The lease is called Civil Union. Same thing with a different name. > If the civil union doesn't provide heat, make it. > > . > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Your analogy makes no sense. >> >> In the eyes of the federal government, gay couples cannot be >> 'married', therefore they do not have the same rights afforded to >> 'married' hetero sexual couples. >> >> Maybe my analogy could be better. Its like letting a gay man sign a >> lease, but he won't get heat or hot water like the heterosexual man he >> has as a neighbor. That seems more fitting. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353292 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
