![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Because this is tragic beyond measure. I cannot imagine what i would do if Beloved and I had ever been caught in this situation
http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2009m2d16-There-is-no-substitute-for-samesex-marriage?cid=exrss-Civil-Liberties-Examiner
Janice Langbehn and Lisa Marie Pond had been together for nearly 20 years. They had 4 children. They had fostered over a score of children. They were a family and must have been some truly caring people
But, because of the law in Florida, they couldn't marry.
And when Lisa had an aneurysm and was rushed into hospital, Janice and their children found they had no rights and the hospital would accord them no recognition, despite the power of attorney they had.
Lisa was alone for 8 hours. Alone while she lay critically ill and dying. Alone while her children and partner (WIFE if there were any justice in the world) of 18 years were denied access to their dying partner and mother. They wouldn't even tell Janice Lisa's condition. She had to wait for 8 hours not knowing whether her partner would live or die.
Thankfully, at the end, the very end, Janice was allowed to be there for the last brief moments of Lisa's life... but only after an 8 hour wait and bigots that made an already agonising experience that much harder and that much crueller.
http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2009m2d16-There-is-no-substitute-for-samesex-marriage?cid=exrss-Civil-Liberties-Examiner
Janice Langbehn and Lisa Marie Pond had been together for nearly 20 years. They had 4 children. They had fostered over a score of children. They were a family and must have been some truly caring people
But, because of the law in Florida, they couldn't marry.
And when Lisa had an aneurysm and was rushed into hospital, Janice and their children found they had no rights and the hospital would accord them no recognition, despite the power of attorney they had.
Lisa was alone for 8 hours. Alone while she lay critically ill and dying. Alone while her children and partner (WIFE if there were any justice in the world) of 18 years were denied access to their dying partner and mother. They wouldn't even tell Janice Lisa's condition. She had to wait for 8 hours not knowing whether her partner would live or die.
Thankfully, at the end, the very end, Janice was allowed to be there for the last brief moments of Lisa's life... but only after an 8 hour wait and bigots that made an already agonising experience that much harder and that much crueller.