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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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[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.