You ask, I answer: Political Edition!

[teaberryblue]

In the spirit of Election Day, I thought this would be fun.

Ask me a question about my political beliefs. I will do my best to answer them. They can be on anything from big stuff like civil rights to little things like state tax issues to personal things like political moments that shaped my views.

This is not a place for debate or disagreement. I am going to be completely honest and that might mean that my views might piss someone off. I will ask you to contain your pissed-offedness and not debate in this post. Post your own post if you want to discuss. I usually like to debate but I don't want this idea to turn into that, not because I want to silence anybody, but because I want to keep it on the original subject.

Comments

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

Would 4) be something like Vermont's reciprocal beneficiaries law? (That only covers two blood relatives, but it'd be a start.)

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, something like that.

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.