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Cohabitation agreements
The courts in virtually all fifty states recognize cohabitation agreements as de facto domestic partnerships. Couldn't these agreements be considered "de facto" same-sex unions?
In the article we claim that the Libertarian Party nominated the first openly gay man in 1972 and later that the Socialist Party USA nominated the first one in 1980. Which is correct?
Revstate (talk) 17:00, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]