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I find that hard to believe. If a hospital in-patient requests that his partner--or anyone else--be allowed in to see him, the hospital has to comply. Hospitals have no authority to deny visitation rights on their own. All the dying person has to do is tell the hospital who can come in as visitors and who cannot.
Actually, hospitals can deny visitation rights to non family members. This is one of the protections that marriage affords, that gays don't have access to.
I find that hard to believe. If a hospital in-patient requests that his partner--or anyone else--be allowed in to see him, the hospital has to comply. Hospitals have no authority to deny visitation rights on their own. All the dying person has to do is tell the hospital who can come in as visitors and who cannot.
Actually, you're wrong, many gay partners have been denied visitation. for example:
"As her partner of 17 years slipped into a coma, Janice Langbehn pleaded with doctors and anyone who would listen to let her into the woman's hospital room. Eight anguishing hours passed before Langbehn would be allowed into Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. By then, she could only say her final farewell as a priest performed the last rites on 39-year-old Lisa Marie Pond. Jackson staffers advised Langbehn that she could not see Pond earlier because the hospital's visitation policy in cases of emergency was limited to immediate family and spouses -- not partners. In Florida, same-sex marriages or partnerships are not recognized. " Lesbian Denied Hospital Visitation As Girlfriend Died | San Francisco | Yelp
Just because it is politically correct to believe gays are "born that way" doesn't mean other theories don't exist. It could be argued that no one is born gay and that early childhood enviornmental factors play the largest role.
Actually, hospitals can deny visitation rights to non family members. This is one of the protections that marriage affords, that gays don't have access to.
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that gays don't have access
you mean that any single person doesnt have access too
How many more X must God create before we accept that he wants them around.
You could fill in anything for X with that argument. Serial killers, arsonists, pedophiles...
It is not the most convincing of arguments.
Actually, you're wrong, many gay partners have been denied visitation. for example:
"As her partner of 17 years slipped into a coma, Janice Langbehn pleaded with doctors and anyone who would listen to let her into the woman's hospital room. Eight anguishing hours passed before Langbehn would be allowed into Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. By then, she could only say her final farewell as a priest performed the last rites on 39-year-old Lisa Marie Pond. Jackson staffers advised Langbehn that she could not see Pond earlier because the hospital's visitation policy in cases of emergency was limited to immediate family and spouses -- not partners. In Florida, same-sex marriages or partnerships are not recognized. " Lesbian Denied Hospital Visitation As Girlfriend Died | San Francisco | Yelp
all she had to do was go to a lawyer.. a POA (power of attorney) costs less than a marrige license (permission slip), and has more power than a marriage license
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