What is the difference between a domestic partnership and a marriage?

i know glbt people can get domestic partnership in some states, but can a man and woman get a domestic partnership in those states? and if one has a domestic partnership is it possible they cannot spend the other person's money?What is the difference between a domestic partnership and a marriage?
';can a man and woman get a domestic partnership in those states';





No, as this is a homosexual designation for a ';marriage';.





';and if one has a domestic partnership is it possible they cannot spend the other person's money?';





Only if one is given the power to do so.What is the difference between a domestic partnership and a marriage?
If someone asks a person if they are married, they can say yes (or no). With a domestic partnership, if someone asks the person if they are married, they have to explain. It's not familiar and most people don't even know what it means except that the person is gay. Married means the couple (usually) share a home, their lives, their financial obligations, their love, and that they are in a committed, long term relationship. Everyone gets it. Domestic partnership is not familiar.





Domestic partnership is also known as same-sex marriage and does not include (for obvious reasons) hetero's.
No a man and woman can get married in any US state legally. There are some states that recognize common law marriages. These are informal marriages that says two people are married based on time of living together by the governing state they reside. Not all states support common law marriages. But a common law marriage is the same a regular marriage in some states. You would have to do some research on your state laws.
no because domestic partership is the name for a same sex marraige. just like same sex couples couldn't get a certificate that says marraige, because that is for hetero couples. at least in most states i believe.
It's like ham %26amp; eggs:


The chicken is obligated, the pig is committed.