D.P. BENEFITS ARE WORTH SAVING: Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot

...In his editorial last week, "Taking the blame for messing up marriage," Chris Crain argued that domestic partner benefits should be limited to same-sex couples, and then yanked away when those couples are granted the right to marry.

To the contrary, the approach he suggests is not a way to strengthen the institution of marriage, nor does it help the very real families, gay and straight, that exist today.

A fair-minded approach to these issues is based on fundamental respect for personal choices. While same-sex couples should be able to choose whether to legally marry, marriage should never be the only way of ensuring basic rights and protections. ...

And that's the point. If marriage isn't an adequate litmus test for "family" when it comes to hospital visitation, what makes us think it's adequate in the realm of employment benefits or anywhere else? Marriage is one way to recognize who is family, but when it's upheld as the only way, real families are endangered. ...

Forcing people to marry because they need health care does not strengthen the institution of marriage.

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