-----Original Message----From: Randy1h@aol.com [mailto:Randy1h@aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:44 PM To: comments Subject: 23 years with my partner & no tax shelter Equal taxation means equal representation. Didn't someone famous say that? I think that it's time to level the playing field on taxes. If two individuals are "married", "co-habitating", "partnered-in-life" and have followed and filed all of the state's domestic registration laws and have been together for years, shouldn''t the federal government recognize it as well?