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- The second Burmese conversation
- The displacement of reason
- Seminar on Internet regulatory reform
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- Where are we now with stem cell research?
- We're prepared to listen, says government
- Cuba holds anti-homophobia event
- The unnatural afterlife of the Section 377A debate
- Long term investments or long shots?
- Burma should be suspended from Asean
- Gay marriage victory in California Supreme Court
- Stop demolishing, start integrating
- Hong Kong broadcasting regulator's decision overtu...
- Here's proof: Section 377A being enforced
- In the eye of the cyclone stands immobile the junta
- IDAHO - International Day Against Homophobia, 17 M...
- MICA acknowledges the internet proposals submitted
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- Packable politics and its press
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I submitted this to tomorrow.sg but the editors didn't publish it. For a society that finds it hard to accept shows featuring gay couples, same-sex marriage is way off the charts.
I had read that gay rights activists in the US have a list of all the rights that automatically accrue to a heterosexual couple the moment they are married - property rights, right to make decisions if one spouse is incapacitated, inheritance rights, etc.
So I was just wondering if anyone in Singapore had ever bothered to do research and compile such a similar list? If so, how many of these rights can be accrued to a homosexual couple through legal instruments like wills, advance medical directives, power of attorney, etc.
Hell, I would think law firms could come up with such a list and the legal ways to let gay spouses have these rights. The firms can then market it as the 'Gay Marriage Package'.
The flip side is, of course, should the relationship turns sour, there will be lots of paperwork to go through as well. But that's the same for a heterosexual divorce isn't it?
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