Good As You

Thanks for posting this Jeremy. It was hard to watch it. I ended up going over it end to end and watching every defeat we have suffered through and every victory we have attained. It was very difficult to get through the beginning 2/3 of the timeline, when it went from the entire map being fairly nuetral to the flood of open hostility towards us simply for being who we are. While the victories of the last few years have been sweet, I now see more clearly than ever just what we're up against.

Unfortunately, the map is obsolete and inaccurate. For example, Nevada is dark reddish brick when it currently has "everything but the name" domestic partnerships.

Hawaii is the same color as Washington though Washington has pretty healthy domestic partnerships already (even with Ref 71) and Hawaii only has a tiny handful of specific rights for "reciprocal benefits" (ie. your college roommate qualifies), something that no one bothers to get. New York - with no state laws offering recognition - is considered more proactively supportive than Maryland with its domestic partnership registry.

I sent them an email months ago about it but heard nothing in return.

oh...

And for comparison, Colorado also has Designated Beneficiaries. But they are the same color Missouri, not Hawaii.

Timothy: Well the thinking in NY is that we have out-of-state recognition. We can cross one of several state lines and have full, state-level marriage.

But yea, it's a little weird, because it's not exactly *our* thing to claim. Although it did take our governor and other officials to make it happen.