You should talk to a lawyer who specializes in what some folks call “family law.” A competent attorney could probably help you figure out exactly what you need to make your partnership more like a legal marriage. Although there probably ain’t much you can do about state benefits in a state like NC that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages.

That is, unless you want to file a 14th Amendment discrimination claim against the state benefits program in federal court. I don’t think it would get very far with the current makeup of the US supreme court… but things change.

Also, I have been with the same partner for 23 years and I cannot inherit her retirement. An inheritance map would be nice—but I doubt there is a state that would do this.

If indeed you are a social worker—more power to you. I admire anyone who can do this.

In 2006, Iraq held the record for largest mass exodus; and at over 650,000 Iraqi deaths since Bush’s “mission accomplished”, the region holds records in experiencing mass eradication, and in failure to assimilate viewpoints alternative to sharia law, Islam, torture, daily violence, and intimidation.

Iraq tragically now also boasts all time highs for multiple forms of contamination in densely populated cities, due in large part to the hundreds of thousands of tons of depleted uranium dumped on and exploded in the region since the Gulf War to the present.

One of the most effective steps towards solving the worlds biggest political crises — the US occupation of Iraq — would be the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

I’m the political editor at an experimental journalism project called “Assignment Zero.” I’m interested in your experience being part of Josh Marshall’s famous “document dump.” Would you please email me?
Thanks!