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The greatest legal advantage to gay marriages are primarily in the states of Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey and California, where couples can specifically define the most critical decisions in any married couples' life. The legal precedents and laws in these states specifically support what many consider to be the "pros" or advantages of gay marriage, and these include the legal right to have children, jointing owning property or splitting it up, inheritance and death taxes, transfer taxes, government benefits, immigration, and the ability to define wills and testaments for each other as primary beneficiaries. In addition to all these advantages is also the advantage of being able to obtain healthcare from an employers' HMO or PPO organization, especially in the states mentioned in this article. Starting with one of the most sought-after advantages of a gay marriage, the legal right to have children, gay marriage advocates state that due to the stronger focus on egalitarian values and shared work in gay householders, children grow up well-adjusted than would otherwise be the case (Lindsay, Perlesz, Brown, McNair, et al., 2006). Second, there is the right to have community property in the states that su