Jesus Wept

[rolanni]

YES ON ONE claims a victory for the "little guy," according to Marc Mutty, public affairs director for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.

The rest of the story here. (That's here: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/128048.html)

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[rolanni.livejournal.com]

...addendum to the above.

Steve and I were living together, and perfectly happy to continue that way. The reason we got married? I fell ill - and the hospital called my mom, possibly the very last person I would ever want to make a medical decision for me.

After that rather scary demonstration of the Force of Law, we got married, so that we could legally care for each other.

[brock-tn.livejournal.com]

And that's basically the reason why the religious institution of marriage got so wrapped up in civil law: marriage has always been seen as an act/event which changes the legal status under the civil law of one or both principals.

[saruby.livejournal.com]

28 years together in January and no marriage likely at this rate.

The scary thing is that even those people who go to the trouble of having Medical Powers of Attorney and Living Wills often end up with the partner sitting outside the room, while the hospital staff talks to family. It doesn't always happen, but enough that I don't want to depend on all those legal documents. After all, what's the use of suing the hospital after the fact. You want your loved one with you when you are sick or injured.