Because lesbians and gay men cannot marry in most states, they have no right to:
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- Accidental death benefit for the surviving spouse of a government employee;
- Appointment as guardian of a minor;
- Award of child custody in divorce proceedings;
- Beneficial owner status of corporate securities;
- Bill of Rights benefits for victims and witnesses;
- Burial of service member's dependents;
- Certificates of occupation;
- Consent to post-mortem examination;
- Continuation of rights under existing homestead leases;
- Control, division, acquisition, and disposition of community property
- Criminal injuries compensation;
- Death benefit for surviving spouse for government employee
- Disclosure of vital statistics records;
- Division of property after dissolution of marriage;
- Eligibility for housing opportunity allowance program of the Housing, Finance and Development Corporation;
- Exemption from claims of Department of Human Services for social services payments, financial assistance, or burial payments;
- Exemption from conveyance tax;
- Exemption from regulation of condominium sales to owner-occupants;
- Funeral leave for government employees;
- Homes of totally disable veterans exempt from property taxes;
- Income tax deductions, credits, rates exemption, and estimates;
- Inheritance of land patents;
- Insurance licenses, coverage, eligibility, and benefits organization of mutual benefits society;
- Legal status with partner’s children;
- Making, revoking, and objecting to anatomical gifts;
- Making partner medical decisions;
- Nonresident tuition deferential waiver;
- Notice of guardian ad litem proceedings;
- Notice of probate proceedings;
| - Payment of wages to a relative of deceased employee;
- Payment of worker's compensation benefits after death;
- Permission to make arrangements for burial or cremation;
- Proof of business partnership;
- Public assistance from the Department of Human Services;
- Qualification at a facility for the elderly;
- Real property exemption from attachment or execution;
- Right of survivorship to custodial trust;
- Right to be notified of parole or escape of inmate;
- Right to change names;
- Right to enter into pre-marital agreement;
- Right to file action for nonsupport;
- Right to inherit property;
- Right to purchase leases and cash freehold agreements concerning the management and disposition of public land;
- Right to sue for tort and death by wrongful act;
- Right to support after divorce;
- Right to support from spouse;
- Rights and proceedings for involuntary hospitalization and treatment;
- Rights by way of dour or courtesy;
- Rights to notice, protection, benefits, and inheritance under the uniform probate code;
- Sole interest in property;
- Spousal privilege and confidential marriage communications;
- Spousal immigration benefits;
- Status of children;
- Support payments in divorce action;
- Tax relief for natural disaster losses;
- Vacation allowance on termination of public employment by death;
- Veterans' preference to spouse in public employment;
- In vitro fertilization coverage;
- Waiver of fees for certified copies and searches of vital statistics.
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