Back in the early part of the 2000's decade, (the naughts, the naughties?) I did a brief stint as an automotive blogger. My inspiration for doing so was the excitement over the new "retro-futurism" that was then hitting the Detroit scene. Over the next few years, we would see retro-inspired models for the Mustang, Camaro, Charger, etc... My first post there was labeled "Finally a car to be excited about", specifically about the Mustang which was designed after the 1967 Mustang. It was a move I had advocated for many years.
Well, this week, another retro-futuristic idea has hit the field of domestic relationships. See, long before Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships, Hawaii responded to the needs of non-marriageable couples with "reciprocal beneficiaries". In their incarnation they were pretty much Civil Unions or Domestic Partnerships. They were replaced with CU's later, if memory serves me correctly.
Coincidentally, before I met Chairm and the other Opine Editorialists, they were hanging out at a site called "Dust in the Light", run by the brilliant writer Justin Katz.
Now I can see this retro-futuristic alignment in legislation brought before the Rhode Island legislature, promoting -- you guessed it -- a Reciprocal Beneficiaries program. But this time its better and it seems just what I've been advocating for years. Go ahead now, read it. He's spot on, and there isn't anything I have to add.
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