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After 9/11, it became clear that many same-sex partners in long-term relationships had no legal standing for inheriting one another's property. That needs to change |
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These "rights" are gratuitous. If domestic partners want to leave property to each other, there's nothing stopping them from including it in their wills |
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California Gov. Gray Davis recently signed a bill that allows registered domestic partners to inherit one another's property without leaving a will. After the Sept. 11 attacks, it became clear that a partial inheritance rights law was needed.
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  We'll send your vote to the National Governors' Association. |
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The creation of a partial inheritance law is more about politics than giving domestic partners additional rights. All one has to do is specify in a will or other document that he or she wants to leave property to their partner.
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