Dude! Joe's Jottings, Mostly Junk

I hear what you are saying, and I cringe at the ridiculousness of the reasons behind their attempting to dismantle legal documents, however -- I will one more time say "carefully crafted legal documents". If there is no reference to "my husband/wife/spouse" and simply naming the individual by their name, or as their "friend" with the name, then I firmly believe the document(s) can not be contested by the grounds of that specific legislation. There simply is no precedent to render these nearly universally accepted documents. Not even with the state legislators decrying their omnipotent infallibility.

Then again, let McCain become President in '08, and we will have a Federal Supreme Court which won't overturn Virginia/Michigan's stupefying attempt to legislate shamelessly discriminatory intollerance.