Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by baddox on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:28PM
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> Should be, but isn't. Gay couples have been having expensive lawyers write these contracts for twenty years or so and when push comes to shove, they often don't mean shit. That's why we have been pushing for marriage rights.
Yes. It's a shortcut, and I completely understand why people want to take it.
Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by jasonjei on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:32PM
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Even though getting married is relatively easy compared to being divorced, we essentially sue the other party and let a supposedly neutral party decide :)
Divorce is pretty easy compared to marriage. Like you said, it's just figuring out who gets what...
Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by tommorris on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:38PM
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Sure, but divorce is something that hasn't been available for same sex couples. Everyone jokes about it "ha ha, next it'll be gay divorce", but actually being able to have someone divide up one's assets in a courtroom is preferable to having no proper legal recourse at all.
Should be, but isn't. Gay couples have been having expensive lawyers write these contracts for twenty years or so and when push comes to shove, they often don't mean shit. That's why we have been pushing for marriage rights.
The other issue is divorce. I know someone who is going through the end of a messy breakup with his long-term boyfriend. They met before marriage or civil partnership were a thing and the process of untangling shared assets, property, mortgages and so on is really complicated.