the artical and thread njqt466 did has weighed on me for a few days, i thought that i should point out, gays don't have to go to marylad to get the rights they want. and even if they do go, when you get home.... call a lawyer, ain't got one, find one thats cheap, have them draft a POWER OF ATTORNEY, for each of you, have it include a medical proxy and a right to discloser.... keeps stuff like that from happening. and i know its not popular opnion, but try not to tell them you're the gay partner, just say partner or bussiness partner, i know it shouldn't have to be that way and it dosen't HAVE to be but why make waves with idiots if you don't have to?