I feel like the healthcare system and some other benefits programs would need to be overhauled, because let's face it: it's just not fair for someone to be able to name three domestic partners and get them all benefits when they're not putting in any more money than someone with just one partner, but I don't think that is so difficult to do. I would also like to see it not just cover blood relatives, but people in other non-marriage domestic partnerships: platonic roommates, an elderly or disabled person and their longtime caretaker, etc. I'd also like to see something that could cover poly families or even situations like two parents who are living together to raise their child but who are not romantically involved and would like to be able to be married to other people but share domestic benefits for the sake of jointly raising a child.
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Date: 2010-11-03 04:35 am (UTC)I feel like the healthcare system and some other benefits programs would need to be overhauled, because let's face it: it's just not fair for someone to be able to name three domestic partners and get them all benefits when they're not putting in any more money than someone with just one partner, but I don't think that is so difficult to do. I would also like to see it not just cover blood relatives, but people in other non-marriage domestic partnerships: platonic roommates, an elderly or disabled person and their longtime caretaker, etc. I'd also like to see something that could cover poly families or even situations like two parents who are living together to raise their child but who are not romantically involved and would like to be able to be married to other people but share domestic benefits for the sake of jointly raising a child.