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Woman in a wheelchair saying: “THERE IS NO MARRIAGE EQUALITY UNTIL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN MARRY WITHOUT LOSING BENEFITS”
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Woman in a wheelchair saying: “THERE IS NO MARRIAGE EQUALITY UNTIL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN MARRY WITHOUT LOSING BENEFITS”
Yes, and he has. That doesn’t change the fact his family could come in and override decisions for medical care if he were to undergo a coma or the like. It’s also more likely they can contest the will as we’re not married and have the judge grant them it.
This is exactly what happened to gay couples during the AIDS crisis and precisely why same-sex marriage laws were fought so hard for.
This a preventive situation from bad family members, makes sense to be fearful that at some point, someone decides to take legal action and separate you from him, its crazy because as a couple you stay most of the time with him and very likely also share income but as other comments, marrying also implies sharing income and that affects insurance.
Similar shit happened to my WW2 veteran great uncle in law. His family who he hadn’t been close with in decades tried to take over his life from us but he managed to fight it before he died and was able to move back in the town his wife passed away in because his family moved him for a bit.