As much as I'd like to be able to say "Screw the state! We're in love, so we say we're married regardless of what anyone else says!" that isn't the full story. There are very real and significant benefits that same sex couples are specifically excluded from due to the fact that the state doesn't legally recogonize them as being married. From tax benefits to inheritance to hospital to insurance same sex couples are getting ths short end of the stick on a pretty damn regular basis.
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama