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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband's older brother is gay.  He's not flashy and if you hang out with him and his "friend" you'd only have circumstantial evidence that they are a couple (at least around my husband's family).  They have been together longer than my husband and I have.  They are both wonderful people.   The only thing that ties them legally or offers them any property protection is that both their names are on the deed to their house.   If one of them were sick, their families would have the right to make the medical decisions because they do not have the protections of marriage.  But why, when they have had as deep and as long a committed relationship as my husband and I?

I just don't see why they can't have those protections because someone decided that "marriage" cannot be used to label the relationship they have.  I cannot see how letting them have a marriage does anything but formalize their committment to each other and offer them legal protections.  
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I do feel sympathy for this situation, and I support gay marriage.  But your BIL should really have a power of attorney for situations like the medical issues you bring up.  I'm straight and married, and my wife and I still have them.  There is no reason to take chances in a situation like that and they ought to at least do what they can.  There are also things they can do to protect their estate against claims by family members who might try to contest a will.  [/quote]

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