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LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonder COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
HEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL & FINANCIAL F.A.Q. Many lawyers advise people in unmarried relationships to prepare (explanations for each are below): A durable power of attorney for healthcare (or healthcare proxy) A living together (or domestic partnership) agreement. A will. A durable power of attorney for financial management. The durable power of attorney for healthcaregives the
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC).SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They wereMARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement! UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonder COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
HEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL & FINANCIAL F.A.Q. Many lawyers advise people in unmarried relationships to prepare (explanations for each are below): A durable power of attorney for healthcare (or healthcare proxy) A living together (or domestic partnership) agreement. A will. A durable power of attorney for financial management. The durable power of attorney for healthcaregives the
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC).SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They wereMARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement!UNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried.HEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
FAMOUS PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER, PAST AND PRESENT Michelle Triola Marvin & Dick Van Dyke: these Hollywood seniors were unmarried together for over 30 years, until Michelle’s death in October, 2009. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: together since 2005, have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS Domestic Partner Benefits. Domestic partner benefits (also called DP benefits) are benefits given to unmarried couples (same-sex and different-sex) that give them some rights similar to married couples. Most of the information in this section is about domestic partner health benefits, one of the subjects we get asked about more than anyother
MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement! TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES FOR A GOOD MARRIAGE AFTER But if lifelong marriage is your goal, as it is for the majority of male-female couples who move in together, here are our ten recommendations for how to increase the chances that your marriage will be a success. 1. Make the decision to live with a sweetie slowly, seriously, and with great care. 2. Before you move in together, bevery clear
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, & QUEER (LGBTQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer (LGBTQ) Marriage can mean a lot of different things to LGBTQ people. There’s an active movement to legalize same-sex marriage ( the Freedom to Marry movement ); as a result, several states recognize marriages and other unions .The Alternatives to Marriage Project is a strong supporter of SINGLE WOMEN IN INDIA: RARER, RISKIER, AND HAPPIER THAN IN The number of mature, single women is much smaller in India. Between the ages of 25 and 59, 89.5% of Indian women are married, as compared with 65% of American women in the same age group. As for the unmarried women in that age range, the “never married” account for 2.5% in India versus 16% in the U.S., while the percentage of divorced UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS The Ten Most Common Ways Unmarried People Introduce Their Partners (in order of frequency):* partner (also life partner, unmarried partner,domestic partner)
LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together.HEALTH CARE
There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete withchurch, wedding
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UE believes that individuals’ incomes should be taxed without regard to their marital status. People should be free to choose whether to marry without having to calculate if marrying will make their income taxes higher or lower.MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant thisright.
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’ benefits, and Social Security, your marital statusmatters.
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
Medical Decision Making and Hospital Visitation are often in the news, and often portrayed as if they depend on marriage. Get the facts and take action here! Quiz: Have you protected your hospital rights? Have you asked your doctor or lawyer for information and blank forms? (You can also find blank forms on the web.); Do you know who you want to make health care decisions for you, and whatSINGLE VS. MARRIED
By Bella DePaulo “Attention, single people: stay single and die!” Headlines around the nation trumpeted this “finding,” based on a study that appeared in the September 2006 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The articles claimed that single people simply will not live as long as married people, or even divorced or widowed people. COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS The Ten Most Common Ways Unmarried People Introduce Their Partners (in order of frequency):* partner (also life partner, unmarried partner,domestic partner)
LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together.HEALTH CARE
There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete withchurch, wedding
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UE believes that individuals’ incomes should be taxed without regard to their marital status. People should be free to choose whether to marry without having to calculate if marrying will make their income taxes higher or lower.MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant thisright.
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’ benefits, and Social Security, your marital statusmatters.
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
Medical Decision Making and Hospital Visitation are often in the news, and often portrayed as if they depend on marriage. Get the facts and take action here! Quiz: Have you protected your hospital rights? Have you asked your doctor or lawyer for information and blank forms? (You can also find blank forms on the web.); Do you know who you want to make health care decisions for you, and whatSINGLE VS. MARRIED
By Bella DePaulo “Attention, single people: stay single and die!” Headlines around the nation trumpeted this “finding,” based on a study that appeared in the September 2006 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The articles claimed that single people simply will not live as long as married people, or even divorced or widowed people. COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate,UNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY Chart 1: Marital Status of American Adults (Chart 1 sources: Marital status data for 1890 – 1970 from U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Abstracts of the United States, Colonial Times to COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete withchurch, wedding
COMMON LAW MARRIAGE FACT SHEET Unmarried Equality is not responsible for omissions or inaccuracies in the above information. Much of the information on this fact sheet comes from an excellent do-it-yourself legal guide called Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples, by attorneys Toni Ihara, Ralph Warner, and Frederick Hertz (2008). FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UE believes that individuals’ incomes should be taxed without regard to their marital status. People should be free to choose whether to marry without having to calculate if marrying will make their income taxes higher or lower. FAMOUS PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER, PAST AND PRESENT DIFFERENT-SEX COUPLES – PRESENT. Rebecca Walker (writer and daughter of Alice Walker) & Glen Choyin: live together in Hawaii and Northern California with their young son (born in 2004).. Jon Hamm & Jennifer Westfeldt: both actors, have been happily unmarried for over 10 years.In a recent interview, Hamm said he has no real desire to marryor have children.
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’ benefits, and Social Security, your marital statusmatters.
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
REALLY BIG NEWS! The federal government ensures the hospital visitation rights of all patients nationwide! Caveat: You may still experience challenges with individual medical centers, so be sure to protect yourself with a Health Care Decisions document that accompanies your medial records. THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGY by Hunter McCord, graduate research intern, August 2009. Household: Households include all the people occupying a housing unit (a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters).Households can consist of one person living alone to any number of related or unrelated families who share living arrangements. SINGLE WOMEN IN INDIA: RARER, RISKIER, AND HAPPIER THAN IN By E. Kay Trimberger. We can better understand the obstacles and advantages we face as singles in the U.S. by comparing our situation with that of singles – here limited to single women – in othercountries.
UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonderHEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They were FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC). COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement! UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonderHEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They were FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC). COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement!UNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
COMMON LAW MARRIAGE FACT SHEET Common law marriage makes you a legally married couple in every way, even though you never obtained a marriage license. If you choose to end your relationship, you must get a divorce, even though you never had a wedding. Legally, common law married couples must play by all the same rules as “regular” married couples. LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
FAMOUS PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER, PAST AND PRESENT Michelle Triola Marvin & Dick Van Dyke: these Hollywood seniors were unmarried together for over 30 years, until Michelle’s death in October, 2009. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: together since 2005, have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC). THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGY by Hunter McCord, graduate research intern, August 2009. Household: Households include all the people occupying a housing unit (a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters).Households can consist of one person living alone to any number of related or unrelated families who share living arrangements. SINGLE WOMEN IN INDIA: RARER, RISKIER, AND HAPPIER THAN IN The number of mature, single women is much smaller in India. Between the ages of 25 and 59, 89.5% of Indian women are married, as compared with 65% of American women in the same age group. As for the unmarried women in that age range, the “never married” account for 2.5% in India versus 16% in the U.S., while the percentage of divorcedUNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonder STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
REVIEW: THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE Review: The Case for Marriage. The Case For Marriage by Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher, Doubleday, 2000. There are many reasons why The Case for Marriage might make readers uncomfortable, annoyed, or outright angry. Many of you are probably among the 44% of American adults who are not married. The Case for Marriage calls discrimination LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL & FINANCIAL F.A.Q. Many lawyers advise people in unmarried relationships to prepare (explanations for each are below): A durable power of attorney for healthcare (or healthcare proxy) A living together (or domestic partnership) agreement. A will. A durable power of attorney for financial management. The durable power of attorney for healthcaregives the
SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They wereUNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonder STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
REVIEW: THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE Review: The Case for Marriage. The Case For Marriage by Linda J. Waite and Maggie Gallagher, Doubleday, 2000. There are many reasons why The Case for Marriage might make readers uncomfortable, annoyed, or outright angry. Many of you are probably among the 44% of American adults who are not married. The Case for Marriage calls discrimination LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL & FINANCIAL F.A.Q. Many lawyers advise people in unmarried relationships to prepare (explanations for each are below): A durable power of attorney for healthcare (or healthcare proxy) A living together (or domestic partnership) agreement. A will. A durable power of attorney for financial management. The durable power of attorney for healthcaregives the
SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They wereUNMARRIED EQUALITY
Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. LEGAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BY STATE Common Law Marriage: No. Same-Sex Marriage: Between June 17 and November 4, 2008, more than 18,000 same-sex couples married in California. On November 4, 2008, voters in California narrowly approved Proposition 8, which amends the state constitution to prohibit marriage equality.HEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
FAMOUS PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER, PAST AND PRESENT Michelle Triola Marvin & Dick Van Dyke: these Hollywood seniors were unmarried together for over 30 years, until Michelle’s death in October, 2009. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: together since 2005, have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as three DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS Domestic Partner Benefits. Domestic partner benefits (also called DP benefits) are benefits given to unmarried couples (same-sex and different-sex) that give them some rights similar to married couples. Most of the information in this section is about domestic partner health benefits, one of the subjects we get asked about more than anyother
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC).MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement! TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES FOR A GOOD MARRIAGE AFTER But if lifelong marriage is your goal, as it is for the majority of male-female couples who move in together, here are our ten recommendations for how to increase the chances that your marriage will be a success. 1. Make the decision to live with a sweetie slowly, seriously, and with great care. 2. Before you move in together, bevery clear
SINGLE WOMEN IN INDIA: RARER, RISKIER, AND HAPPIER THAN IN The number of mature, single women is much smaller in India. Between the ages of 25 and 59, 89.5% of Indian women are married, as compared with 65% of American women in the same age group. As for the unmarried women in that age range, the “never married” account for 2.5% in India versus 16% in the U.S., while the percentage of divorced UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonderHEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement!SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They were UNMARRIED INTRODUCTIONS the person’s name without a descriptive word. friend. husband/wife. roommate or housemate. lover. spouse. sweetie or sweetheart. * according to interviews conducted by Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot for Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Partner, in 2001. To read the full list of over fortywords
STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. LIVING TOGETHER / COHABITATION Living Together / Cohabitation. The number of unmarried partners living together is skyrocketing. Just a generation or two ago, it was scandalous for an unmarried man and woman to live together. Today, most couples who marry live together first — “shacking up” has gone mainstream. But that change happened so quickly, it’s no wonderHEALTH CARE
Health Care. There are many reasons why health care coverage is inequitable in this country. Here are some ways in which unmarried people receive lesser benefit from the industry: Employers are free to define families as they choose, and to allocate insurance coverage accordingly- often unequally. Unmarried people pay higher premiums,and are
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
COMMITMENT CEREMONIES F.A.Q. Commitment Ceremonies F.A.Q. The most important thing to understand about a commitment ceremony is that it does not involve laws or government agencies in any way; there’s no license or certificate, and the participants’ legal status does not change. Couples who have commitment ceremonies should not say they are married, especially noton
HOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES Living Together: Legal and Financial Issues. Being married or not can have huge legal and financial implications. It doesn’t matter whether you’re unmarried by choice or by not, temporarily or for the long-term — when it comes to issues like hospital visitation, inheritance, immigration, owning property, taxes, survivors’benefits, and
MARRIAGE BOYCOTT
Marriage Boycott. On November 3, 2009, Maine voters took away same-sex couples’ right to marry, even though their lawmakers had been willing to grant this right. In response, many different-sex couples are deciding to boycott marriage. We invite you to join this growing grassroots movement!SINGLE VS. MARRIED
The study reported death rates from different causes, and one of those results truly was striking. People who were single had a 499% greater risk of death from infectious diseases than people who were married. That was for men and women of all ages. The finding was even more stunning for ever-single men between the ages of 19 and 44: They were STATISTICS — UNMARRIED EQUALITY 86.3% of married adults aged 18-64 years are insured, compared to 72.5% of unmarried adults, while 13.7% of married adults aged 18-64 years are uninsured, compared to 27.5% of unmarried adults. – CPS, 2008. For Blacks, regardless of employment or insurance status, the majority is always unmarried. WAYS TO BE UNMARRIED Ways to Be Unmarried. Unmarried Equality is the only organization dedicated to equality for ALL unmarried people in the U.S. While our constituent base is very broad, we try to find our commonality in the ways in which we have experienced discrimination. You may live alone, with a committed partner, in a polyamorous family, with your children COMMITMENT CEREMONIES Commitment ceremonies mean many different things to different people. A commitment ceremony can look just like a wedding, complete with church, wedding gown, and hundreds of guests — but no marriage license. Or, it can be the most alternative event imaginable: a ritual to bless your relationship, or just a big party to celebrate yourlove.
LEGAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BY STATE Common Law Marriage: No. Same-Sex Marriage: Between June 17 and November 4, 2008, more than 18,000 same-sex couples married in California. On November 4, 2008, voters in California narrowly approved Proposition 8, which amends the state constitution to prohibit marriage equality. FAMOUS PEOPLE LIVING TOGETHER, PAST AND PRESENT Michelle Triola Marvin & Dick Van Dyke: these Hollywood seniors were unmarried together for over 30 years, until Michelle’s death in October, 2009. Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: together since 2005, have three adopted children, Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as threeHOSPITAL RIGHTS
A hospital must meet the following requirements: (1) Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he or she is informed of his or her other rights under this section. (2) Inform each patient (or support person, whereappropriate
YOUR STORIES ABOUT MARRIAGE AND HEALTH CARE Good News! Starting September 2010, you can stay on your parents’ plan till age 26 regardless of your marital status! you were forced to get married to get health insurance. you were kept apart from your loved one in the hospital. you’re not getting equal pay for FEDERAL INCOME TAXES About 57% of people who file tax returns are in the 10% and 15% tax brackets, meaning their taxable incomes are between $7,550 – $30,650 for each single or between $15,100 – $61,300 for a married couple in 2006. In these brackets, a couple will not pay higher income taxes as a result of being married (unless marrying lowers their EITC). THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT TERMINOLOGY by Hunter McCord, graduate research intern, August 2009. Household: Households include all the people occupying a housing unit (a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters).Households can consist of one person living alone to any number of related or unrelated families who share living arrangements. LIVING TOGETHER: LEGAL & FINANCIAL F.A.Q. Many lawyers advise people in unmarried relationships to prepare (explanations for each are below): A durable power of attorney for healthcare (or healthcare proxy) A living together (or domestic partnership) agreement. A will. A durable power of attorney for financial management. The durable power of attorney for healthcaregives the
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Welcome to Unmarried Equality, home of the blog of singles rights expert and advocate Bella DePaulo! After 20 years of standing up for fairness and equal treatment of all people regardless of marital status, Unmarried Equality has transitioned away from being an active nonprofit organization. If you are looking for research or are a member of the press looking for an expert on unmarried people, please contact the Council on Contemporary Families . For grassroots legal advocacy, contact the Woodhull Freedom Foundation . In addition to Bella’s blog, the pages of this site will remain as an information resource about unmarried issues, although not all pages will be actively updated. Thanks for your many years of interest and support! -------------------------OUR BLOG
VALUING FRIENDS: AN INDIRECT ROUTE TO SINGLES RIGHTS?November 6, 2020
It is a daunting and frustrating endeavor, trying to transform the U.S. into a more just place for people who are single. As other groups, such as sexual minorities, make significant strides toward equality, unmarried Americans are again and again left ignored and unprotected. Something has been shifting over the past decade or so,though,
VOTE, UNMARRIED AMERICANS! AND HOW WE ALL NEED TO WATCH OUR LANGUAGEOctober 8, 2020
It’s voting season. And separately, I’ll explain what’s wrong with how we refer to single people and why that matters. HOW SOUTH KOREA IS ACCOMMODATING, NOT SHAMING, SINGLES WHO LIVE ALONESeptember 3, 2020
A decade or so ago in South Korea, the most common household was comprised of four people. Now that number is one. There are more single-person households than households with couples or families or any other group of people. The marriage rate and the birth rate havehit all-time lows.
DO UNMARRIED AMERICANS HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO OPT-OUT DURINGTHE PANDEMIC?
August 2, 2020
Colleges and universities are on the cusp of reopening for the fall term. According to data published in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few days ago (July 29, 2020), nearly a quarter of the colleges and universities in the U.S. (23.5%) are planning to have courses that convene primarily or fully in person. Another SINGLES MORE LIKELY TO GO HUNGRY DURING COVID-19, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE LESS MONEYJuly 3, 2020
Even before the nationwide lockdowns, there were far too many people in the U.S. with not enough to eat. The pandemic has exacerbated that disturbing reality. More single than married people are suffering. Single people typically have far less money than married people, for a variety of reasons included discriminatory practices written into thelaws
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