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		<title>Passage of an unmarried pathbreaker</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/11/06/passage-of-an-unmarried-pathbreaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Kevin for the sad news that Michelle Triola Marvin passed away.
Ms. Marvin was one party in the law suit that established in California law the right of unmarried partners to sue for joint property on grounds that their partners had violated a relationship contract.  Thirty years later, many courts recognize property rights for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You need a health care proxy, New York needs a law</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/11/02/you-need-a-health-care-proxy-new-york-needs-a-law/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/11/02/you-need-a-health-care-proxy-new-york-needs-a-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A New York Times article about medical patients who need advocates reminds me again how much each of us needs to designate a health care proxy.  Unlike a writing living will, designating a proxy means thinking about life not death!  And it&#8217;s easy!  Just pick your state, print your forms, get it done!
Too bad the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. Council Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage: Round One</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/27/dc-council-hearing-on-same-sex-marriage-round-one/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/27/dc-council-hearing-on-same-sex-marriage-round-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meaghan Lamarre</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wearing my Alternatives to Marriage button and carrying a sign saying “Don’t throw domestic partners under the marriage equality bus”, I headed into the offices of the District Council yesterday afternoon to attend the hearing on gay marriage. The hearing proved so popular that I was only able to join other visitors in an overflow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MVP and MIP on DP benefits for federal employees.</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/26/mvp-and-mip-on-dp-benefits-for-federal-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/26/mvp-and-mip-on-dp-benefits-for-federal-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Senate committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held its hearing on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act. In comparison to the House hearing held this summer, the Q &#38; A took wonderfully positive steps in the direction AtMP advocates: let every federal employee share employment benefits with one non-dependent adult, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. Council wrong on domestic partnership</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/24/dc-council-wrong-on-domestic-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/24/dc-council-wrong-on-domestic-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Washington D.C.&#8217;s governing Council is planning to recognize same-sex marriages.  Unfortunately, they also plan to stop registering domestic partnerships &#8211; that&#8217;s a terrible idea!  If you live in D.C., please help:
First, email the Council and tell them not to discontinue the domestic partnership registry.
Second, go to the one of the hearings to share this message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things you should read while I&#8217;m out fundraising</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/15/things-you-should-read-while-im-out-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/15/things-you-should-read-while-im-out-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to Dorian, Rachel, Craig and Ashton for sending these great articles that everyone should read:
Queer Kids of Queer Parents Against Gay Marriage!
What if Marriage Is Bad for Us? (requires subscription &#8211; email copies are available)
Toward a New Queer Politic
And thanks to Jon, who reminded me that not every blog post has to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to proponent of government-funded marriage promotion</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/05/response-to-proponent-of-government-funded-marriage-promotion/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/10/05/response-to-proponent-of-government-funded-marriage-promotion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[marriage promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we were tickled to discover that the Fatherhood and Marriage Leadership Institute is using the existence of our new Get Marriage Out of TANF Coalition as a threat to mobilize pro-marriage-promotion forces to defend their federal funding.
On seeing FAMLI&#8217;s dire warning, the director of a marriage counseling program sent AtMP this friendly inquiry:
Wow! You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad news on hospital rights</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/30/bad-news-on-hospital-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/30/bad-news-on-hospital-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we got terribly disappointing news from Lambda Legal: a FL court has dismissed the potentially ground-breaking case which we hoped would have created a legal basis for the widespread assumption that hospital patients have a right to visitation.
The court ruled that the hospital has neither an obligation to allow their patients&#8217; visitors nor any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better ways to fix what&#8217;s left of the income tax marriage penalty</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/29/better-ways-to-fix-whats-left-of-the-income-tax-marriage-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/29/better-ways-to-fix-whats-left-of-the-income-tax-marriage-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Forbes magazine ran a commentary by two Notre Dame professors about the income tax penalty faced by low-income couples who marry.
The Bush tax cuts attempted to make tax rates &#8220;marriage-neutral&#8221;; for most middle-class taxpayers, there is now, in fact, little if any difference between filing as a married couple or as unmarried singles. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona takes back gifts it gave unmarried couples</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/23/arizona-takes-back-gifts-it-gave-unmarried-couples/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/09/23/arizona-takes-back-gifts-it-gave-unmarried-couples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among the news reports filtering in during Unmarried and Single Americans Week, it is upsetting to find that the state of Arizona has rescinded the domestic partnership benefits it had just recently extended to state employees.
Although DP benefits are often wrongly described as a &#8220;gay rights&#8221; issue, the article points out that more than 3/4 [...]]]></description>
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