Partners Task Force promotes the belief that same-sex couples deserve the same treatment as all other couples. We want the same status available to opposite-sex couples. We want legal marriage . And of the thousands of same-sex couples here today, none can legally marry. We think it's time to change that.
Legal marriage is a basic privilege and responsibility of adulthood.
Without it, our partners remain strangers under the law. Without it, we are subject to discrimination that we have too long taken for granted. Steve and I cannot get a marriage license, so we have been engaged for 16 years. As a result, we've encountered discrimination in housing, insurance, taxes, memberships, and job benefits. When Demian and I wanted to insure our jointly-owned possessions, we were asked to buy two separate insurance policies, at double the cost a married couple would pay.