How big of them.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Gay men and women in Rhode Island would have the legal right to make funeral arrangements for their partners under a bill unanimously backed by the state Senate.
The legislation approved Tuesday would give unwed people the legal right to arrange for undertaking, burial and cremation services of their partners. The bill now heads to House lawmakers.
Rhode Island does not recognize gay marriage, and the bill is among a handful touching on same-sex couples to reach a floor vote. Under the proposal, domestic partners would receive preference after surviving spouses but before children.
More and more I am seeing the marriage rights, benefits and protections similar to a huge buffett, where I and other straights are encouraged to help ourselves, even "throwing away our plates and getting new ones whenever we want" via divorce.
Our children are also free to enjoy the buffett!
But LGBTQ families either are allowed only a few carefully selected items off of the same buffett- or none at all, depending on the state.
Of course, were they to marry someone of opposite gender, then they can enjoy the entire spread as well!
But until then, they have to stand off to the side and watch, silverware in hand, until the day that they are allowed to join the buffett. And most times, the decision of whether or not to allow full access lies in the hands of those who have been enjoying the buffett for years.
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11279/rhode-island-no-equal-marriage-but-possible-funeral-rights
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