Is Portland NEXT? This would be great if Portland take the initiative.
[A Massachusetts City Decides to Recognize Polyamorous Relationships
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[nytimes.com]polyamorous-domestic-partnership.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes//)
Polyamorous? Why can't they just let people set up as a group for benefits and health insurance. For their sexual status to get into it is ridiculous. Just let a single person designate a friend or non-spousal family member. If we had Medicare for all, people wouldn't have to jump through hoops just to be covered.
"I don’t think it’s the place of the government to tell people what is or is not a family,” Mr. Davis, who is a lawyer, said at a meeting last week. “Defining families is something that historically we’ve gotten quite wrong as a society, and we ought not to continue to try and undertake to do so.”