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[beetiger]

My marvelous friend Barbara brought mutual-friend gossip this weekend along with herself and the snow. A friend got married to his girlfriend with only a few days notice, because she'd been laid off from her job and was going to lose health benefits.

Is this the 21st century equivalent of the shotgun wedding?

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[heron61.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, many businesses in Portland (and all government jobs) have unmarried partner benefits, so this is not an issue. The fact that it is clearly an issue in much of the US is truly appalling.

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

For opposite-sex couples? There are a lot of businesses arond here that offer benefits to same-sex couples who can't get legally married, but not for couples who could if they wanted.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's extremely common here. In fact, I think that it's more common that for same-sex couples. Then again, we also have a domestic partnership law that can be used by couples regardless of their respective sexes.