"Domestic Partner Bill" PASSES, is this good enough?? ~~Jungabel~~

California legislature passed a bill in favor of the "Domestic Partner." Not to be confused with the "gay marriage" term thrown about.

paraphrased:

the bill, would give domestic partners the ability to ask for child support and alimony, the right to health coverage under a partner's plan and the ability to make funeral arrangements for a partner; gives domestic partners access to family student housing, bereavement and family care leave and exemptions from estate and gift taxes, and in the event of a partner's death, the authority to consent to an autopsy, donate organs and to make funeral arrangements; prevents courts from forcing a domestic partner to testify against the other partner in a trial; gives domestic partners the ability to apply for absentee ballots on a partner's behalf.

The bill also places greater legal responsibilities on domestic partners: They would be responsible for their partner's debts; have their income factored into their partner's eligibility for public assistance benefits; would be required to disclose their relationships to avoid nepotism and conflicts of interest.



So basically this bill gives domestic partners the rights afforded to "married" couples without adding the term marriage to its context. Will this suffice for all those that are opposed to the "Marriage" of gay individuals?

Does it suffice for those that are in favor of "Gay Marriage"?

For the sanctity of marriage in the religious context, this is not marriage but a domestic partnership, giving those that choose to commit to each other the same rights as those that commit to each other in the "traditional" sense but without the now legalized term "marriage"?

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