11-23-2008, 10:45 PM
> How many state and local laws, federal laws, contracts,
> insurance policies, wills etc. are there based on this
> definition of marriage? How are current legal instruments
> affected if this definition changed?
It's very easy to adapt 99.99% of those things to a new legal fabric.
You just write one law that says that all other laws are to be interpreted wherever possible in a gender-neutral fashion. They do stuff like that all the time.
As for the insurance policies, those are private contracts, not laws. Insurance policies, trusts and living wills are how people are currently getting by until their unions are recognized by the state.
> insurance policies, wills etc. are there based on this
> definition of marriage? How are current legal instruments
> affected if this definition changed?
It's very easy to adapt 99.99% of those things to a new legal fabric.
You just write one law that says that all other laws are to be interpreted wherever possible in a gender-neutral fashion. They do stuff like that all the time.
As for the insurance policies, those are private contracts, not laws. Insurance policies, trusts and living wills are how people are currently getting by until their unions are recognized by the state.