Domestic Partners

The Toledo Blade supports health care benefits for domestic partners. (Domestic partner bill: Yes.   6/10/2012)  I’m okay with that I guess.  I’m just not sure what constitutes a domestic partner.  Are we speaking about homosexual lovers or fishing buddies? How will we prevent fraud?  Are we going to make people swear they engage in coitus before we consider them domestic partners?

Actually, society may be on the right track here.  Instead of issuing marriage licenses offer a “Domestic Partner” license to any couple that desire one; straight or gay.  A domestic partner could be your lover, your best friend or just someone you trust.  Everyone needs and should have a partner, someone to watch your back.  Anyone you choose could have the power of attorney, act as executor of your estate, and in relation to the editorial in review, receive benefits from your employer/health care provider

To summarize: remove the spiritually charged word “marriage” from State lexicon (separate church and state) and replace it with the term domestic partner.