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Rights Denied to Same-Sex Couples  
INFORMATIVE 

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Because same-sex couples are denied the right to marry, they miss out on a whole slew of rights and protections straight couples receive automatically upon marriage. The total number of denials is 1,138. Here are just a few.

	The right to make decisions on a partner's behalf in a medical emergency. States provide that spouses automatically assume this right in an emergency. If unmarried, the legal "next of kin" assumes this right. A gay man with a life partner may be forced to accept the financial and medical decisions of a sibling or parent with whom he may have a distant or even hostile relationship.
	The right to petition for same-sex partners to immigrate.
	The right to assume parenting rights and responsibilities when children are brought into a family through birth, adoption, surrogacy or other means. In most states, there is no law providing a noncustodial, nonbiological or nonadoptive parent's right to visit a child in the event of a breakup.
	The right to share equitably all jointly held property and debt in the event of a breakup, since there are no laws that cover the dissolution of domestic partnerships.
	Family-related Social security benefits, income and estate tax benefits, disability benefits, family-related military and veterans benefits and others.
	The right to inherit property from a partner in the absence of a will.
	The right to purchase continued health coverage for a domestic partner after the loss of a job.
	The right to take 12 weeks of work leave to care for a seriously ill partner. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 permits individuals to take leave to care for ill spouses, children and parents but not a partner or a partner's parents.
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