MUST SEE, READ, WATCH & LISTEN IN MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW.
DAILY CLICKS
- Gay Marriage Watch
- Unite the Fight
- The New Civil Rights Movement
- Susan Berland: A Jewish Mom for Marriage Equality
- Huff Post: Gay Marriage Page
- Gay Twogether
- Washington Blade
- Pam’s House Blend
- White Knot
- Stop 8
- Why Gay Marriage
- Equality Matters
- Love & Gluttony
NATIONAL RIGHTS ORGS
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![We hear the horror stories over and over again: Married couples and domestic partners are constantly disrespected and discriminated against at hospitals, by their insurance companies and employers (as 29-year-old Kristin Orbin recalls, ”As I was laying [in the hospital] all alone, I wondered how many people from the LGBTQ community die by themselves because they are denied a basic right,” here). We are even denied the cost benefits of marriage when we go to rent a car or join a gym — and even in states where marriage equality is the law of the land.
In California, where there are an estimated 18,000 recognized gay married couples despite a ban on marriage equality, interpretation of the law is grey territory. Our lawyer, Linda Scaparotti (who, by the way, is amazing and highly recommended) advised us to never, repeat never, leave home without our laminated healthcare power of attorney cards (not to mention the living will etc, etc that she helped us put in place). Even armed with all this legal chain mail, she warned that our protection is never guaranteed.
Should you find yourself up discrimination creek without a “traditional” marriage license (knock on wood!), check out Lambda Legal’s California Marriage Watch. This is a great resource for couples on shaky legal ground, with FAQs and a help hotline. We hope like hell you don’t have to take legal action. But if you do, these are your peeps.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tcHe4vHPYpl3ps04t0NS0YRYo1_400.jpg)
We hear the horror stories over and over again: Married couples and domestic partners are constantly disrespected and discriminated against at hospitals, by their insurance companies and employers (as 29-year-old Kristin Orbin recalls, ”As I was laying [in the hospital] all alone, I wondered how many people from the LGBTQ community die by themselves because they are denied a basic right,” here). We are even denied the cost benefits of marriage when we go to rent a car or join a gym — and even in states where marriage equality is the law of the land.
In California, where there are an estimated 18,000 recognized gay married couples despite a ban on marriage equality, interpretation of the law is grey territory. Our lawyer, Linda Scaparotti (who, by the way, is amazing and highly recommended) advised us to never, repeat never, leave home without our laminated healthcare power of attorney cards (not to mention the living will etc, etc that she helped us put in place). Even armed with all this legal chain mail, she warned that our protection is never guaranteed.
Should you find yourself up discrimination creek without a “traditional” marriage license (knock on wood!), check out Lambda Legal’s California Marriage Watch. This is a great resource for couples on shaky legal ground, with FAQs and a help hotline. We hope like hell you don’t have to take legal action. But if you do, these are your peeps.
