Dear Sir:- I know about this same-sex problem personally and feel the word "marriage" should be eliminated. A nephew told me they want a legal commitment so both could have medical benefits and other items known to "man-and-woman" marriages -- basically, the right to care for the other financially through his/her place of work. Can you imagine the ?fun? of doing family research in years to come, but as the number of years is 92, we will not be around to encounter this problem. Census records will very definitely be changed -- one partner will have to be listed as the HEAD of the household. This is one bit of governmental mismanagement I sincerely hope "goes down the drain" -- and get on with more pressing and needed matters. Muriel M. Davidson Brampton, ON