Are you planning a lesbian wedding or commitment ceremony? Having a domestic partnership or civil union?

Why spend all the time and money to put on a lavish lesbian or gay wedding when gay marriage is not even legal?

If you live anywhere in the United States besides Massachusetts and a few other states who allow domestic partnerships and civil unions you can get get married and obtain some legal rights. But if you live in a place that doesn't recognize gay marriage, why bother to get married at all?

• Why Get Married?
• It's important when you're getting married to a same-sex partner to know what rights you're NOT getting. Here are some of the rights and benefits of marriage.
• Massachusetts allows gay marriage. Civil unions are allowed in Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont. California, District of Columbia and Maine allow domestic partnerships. What's the difference between marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships?