I've researched for hours and still haven't found a robust, non-absolute-positioning solution for displaying multiple-column forms and values without using TABLE tags.
Can someone point me to a resource specifically oriented towards reproducing table-based, multiple-column forms (like name and address forms) in CSS to standards?
Most of the forms I see only have a single column with field/value.
I didn't find a clean way to make this with CSS that works without problems in most major browsers and I doubt it exists. Most 'solutions' use hacks and 'fixes' to workaround a current lack of support for this kind of layout. While table based layout has its downsides it is the cleanest solution for what you are probably trying to achieve.
If you need a 'table layout' just use a table.
Wow, you people are just eager to keep using tables. Do the world a favor and read this: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css
Personally, I've found that the "display" attribute is key on web form layout design.