And those other rights is also why marriage is needed, if it is just a civil union or what have you then a hospital busybody can quite reasonably say that only the spouse (married), parents or childern are allowed to visit.
Or there could be separate tax advantages for marriage and civil unions etc etc.
Germany tried giving gay's a 'separate but equal' type of deal and ran into problems like that.
Marriage is always going to be of interest to goverments, because there are so many things that there must be rules for, eg who gets the kids if the couple splits? what about the assets they had pooled together? debts? etc etc.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Or there could be separate tax advantages for marriage and civil unions etc etc.
Germany tried giving gay's a 'separate but equal' type of deal and ran into problems like that.
Marriage is always going to be of interest to goverments, because there are so many things that there must be rules for, eg who gets the kids if the couple splits? what about the assets they had pooled together? debts? etc etc.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."