Summary: San Francisco Domestic Partnership Laws

As Americans our country was founded on freedom that means any couple should have the right to get married no matter what gender. 1989 San Francisco domestic partnership Laws are passed. This was denied to them before this, A domestic partnership is an interpersonal relationship between two individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not married. This leads to a wave of additional Laws ensuring equal rights for all in regards to marriage. Homosexual couples should have the right to get married.

Denying some people of the option to marry is discriminatory and creates a second class of citizens. On July 25, 2014 Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge Sarah Zabel ruled Florida's gay marriage ban unconstitutional and stated

There are 1,138 benefits, rights and protections available to married couples in federal law alone, according to a General Accounting Office assessment made in 2004. (Congressional Budget Office, June 21 2004) Benefits only available to married couples include hospital visitation during an illness, the option of filing a joint tax return to reduce a tax burden, access to family health coverage, US residency and family unification for partners from another country, and bereavement leave and inheritance rights if a partner dies. Married couples also have access to protections if the relationship ends, such as child custody, spousal or child support, and an equitable division of property. Married couples in the US armed forces are offered health insurance and other benefits unavailable to domestic partners.The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the US Department of Labor also recognize married couples, for the purpose of granting tax, retirement and health insurance benefits. The US federal government does not grant equivalent benefits to gay couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships. (Hicks, Josh. July 8, 2008) An Oct. 2, 2009 analysis by the New York Times estimated that same-sex couples denied marriage benefits will incur an additional $41,196 to $467,562 in expenses over their lifetimes compared with married heterosexual couples. A Jan. 2014 analysis published by the Atlantic concluded that unmarried women pay up to one million dollars more over their lifetimes than married women for healthcare, taxes, and other expenses. This shows that married heterosexual couples have more rights than married homosexual couples and all people should have equal