More and more this whole thing indicates that governments have no place in defining who is whose partner.
I would disagree. I think it indicates that governments have no place in restricting/defining who can be whose partner, but I think that they do have a fairly notable place in recognizing such partnerships when they are established -- just as they do in recognizing any sort of contract between people, when the contract affects something that is within the government's purview.
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Date: 2004-02-28 06:44 pm (UTC)I would disagree. I think it indicates that governments have no place in restricting/defining who can be whose partner, but I think that they do have a fairly notable place in recognizing such partnerships when they are established -- just as they do in recognizing any sort of contract between people, when the contract affects something that is within the government's purview.