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foxfeet

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Thu Dec-25-08 01:37 PM
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10. Someone with more legal experience, help me out here.

"Common law" marriages are acknowledged to exist for straight couples. Does anyone know if they are afforded any of the protections of "legal" marriage, anywhere? If so, there would be legal precedent from which to argue that heterosexuals receive preferential treatment since they COULD get a "legal" marriage, but even when they don't, their relationships are recognized and afforded benefits by the state.

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