Tax breaks are good. :) Although it might make you feel better to know that we're at a tax *dis*advantage for being married, thanks to that "marriage penalty"! Be careful what you wish for....
but I'm seriously awed and delighted still that MA is offering you two what you deserve.
I mentioned CT because it seems that that's a much rarer case of gays suing FOR the word - the lawsuit in question is by a handful of couples who could contract a civil union but believe that lacking the word "marriage" is still discriminatory. (And it kinda is, but still, they've got 99% of what they want and are still fighting over the last 1%, which suggests that it's not only straights/homophobes who find the word itself to be important. Nor do I blame anyone on either side, really; words carry weight. It's why I advocate for the government only involving itself with "civil" in the sense of non-religious unions for everybody.)
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but I'm seriously awed and delighted still that MA is offering you two what you deserve.
I mentioned CT because it seems that that's a much rarer case of gays suing FOR the word - the lawsuit in question is by a handful of couples who could contract a civil union but believe that lacking the word "marriage" is still discriminatory. (And it kinda is, but still, they've got 99% of what they want and are still fighting over the last 1%, which suggests that it's not only straights/homophobes who find the word itself to be important. Nor do I blame anyone on either side, really; words carry weight. It's why I advocate for the government only involving itself with "civil" in the sense of non-religious unions for everybody.)