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over a year ago
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imo no
marrage is mainly a church thing in this country and the church is against same sex marrages so no they should not be able to marry.
in most cultures marrage is the same, manly religion based, so if your not religious then why bother.
we arent, although we have been together a long time and are very much in love, we have decided to not get married.
it means nothing to us
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"imo no
marrage is mainly a church thing in this country and the church is against same sex marrages so no they should not be able to marry.
in most cultures marrage is the same, manly religion based, so if your not religious then why bother.
we arent, although we have been together a long time and are very much in love, we have decided to not get married.
it means nothing to us
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Being ultra cynical, there are benefits to same sex marriages beyond the knotted being tied.
So whilst to a certain degree from a 1 man, 1 woman persective, I kind of agree with your sentiment, sometimes we have to look past the religious element.
My friend married his long term companion in a last minute wedding held in his home shortly before he died from cancer this summer (what i called his Pat Phoenix moment  )
As he had no will, without that marriage and the associated paperwork, amongst other things, his partner would have been left homeless, without entitlement to any of his estate and without entitlement to any of his death in service / pension benefits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"imo no
marrage is mainly a church thing in this country and the church is against same sex marrages so no they should not be able to marry.
in most cultures marrage is the same, manly religion based, so if your not religious then why bother.
we arent, although we have been together a long time and are very much in love, we have decided to not get married.
it means nothing to us
Being ultra cynical, there are benefits to same sex marriages beyond the knotted being tied.
So whilst to a certain degree from a 1 man, 1 woman persective, I kind of agree with your sentiment, sometimes we have to look past the religious element.
My friend married his long term companion in a last minute wedding held in his home shortly before he died from cancer this summer (what i called his Pat Phoenix moment )
As he had no will, without that marriage and the associated paperwork, amongst other things, his partner would have been left homeless, without entitlement to any of his estate and without entitlement to any of his death in service / pension benefits."
surely a will would have been easyer.
but i do understand your point. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"imo no
marrage is mainly a church thing in this country and the church is against same sex marrages so no they should not be able to marry.
in most cultures marrage is the same, manly religion based, so if your not religious then why bother.
we arent, although we have been together a long time and are very much in love, we have decided to not get married.
it means nothing to us
Being ultra cynical, there are benefits to same sex marriages beyond the knotted being tied.
So whilst to a certain degree from a 1 man, 1 woman persective, I kind of agree with your sentiment, sometimes we have to look past the religious element.
My friend married his long term companion in a last minute wedding held in his home shortly before he died from cancer this summer (what i called his Pat Phoenix moment )
As he had no will, without that marriage and the associated paperwork, amongst other things, his partner would have been left homeless, without entitlement to any of his estate and without entitlement to any of his death in service / pension benefits.
surely a will would have been easyer.
but i do understand your point. "
there was something about the will not being enough
i think it related to him having no 'officially recognised' next of kin and therefore his death in service benefits and pension wouldn't have been payable
plus the fact he only lasted 5/6 weeks from diagnosis didn't really help matters
besides i now have the image of him with a white carnation pinned to his pyjama pocket which i can now giggle about whenever i need to
only because he had a paddy beforehand about having to wear a 'cheap' flower |
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Just picking up on the point of "official next of kin" rather than letting someone else decide for you..you can actually nominate a particular person to avoid any doubt.
There are various non profit sites which are very helpful with this but I am not sure if I can post their website  |
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... or is it best if one of them is a female? 
