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Opposite-sex marriage leads to incest and inbreeding. Maybe we should just outlaw marriage altogether.
Honestly, I don't know why marriage is even codified into law.
I take that back, I do. But it's a stupid reason.
There really is no modern reason that marriage needs to be something you need to let the government know about.
This is of course a non-US view, I’m not sure how different the laws are there. But marriage is a great one-stop shop that lets you get a lot of legal kerfuffles sorted in 20-30 minutes with nothing but a couple signatures. I don’t think it is a stupid reason, the stupidity comes from all the other bullshit people want to dump onto marriage.
Modern Marriage is a legal contract, it needs government more than ever because it’s pretty much tax benefits.
Don't forget property rights.
Except for those who have student loans.
It also partially excludes those who don't earn a lot, at least where I live (Ontario, Canada).
You earn around 30k a year? Hey, you get some benefits! Two people earning 50k a year? Well, obviously you don't need those benefits anymore. In fact, let's cut your collective returns down by a nice $342.
Nothing changes if you're just roommates, but they sometimes really want to verify that you're not secretly common-law. You can get in legal trouble if you get caught.
It was kind of messed up the first year that my partner and I filed taxes together, to be honest. We couldn't do that until we were living together for 2 years (federal government), and 3 years (provincial government).
They didn't tell us to both save the entire previous year's GST, and it ended with us having to pay between $500 and $700. That was a fun birthday suprise. The bad parts of common-law start before any of the benefits, apparently. They also seem to start before you can legally file. I tell everyone who I know is moving in with a partner, because fuck that noise. I wish someone told us earlier. Anyone, really.
I’ve always thought that the word “marriage” should be removed from all laws since that’s a religious term and constantly quibbled about. Replace it with “civil union” defined as a joining between two consenting adults and leave the definition of “marriage” to the churches.
I don't think we should cede marriage to religion. Marriage predates all modern religions. It has always been about property, a civil matter. Religion can fuck right off laying claim to the institution.
I feel the same way. For the purposes of government business, all marriages are civil unions, since it's the contractual part the government cares about. As far as marriage goes, that's up to each religion to determine according to its own standards and definitions, including who is allowed to conduct the ceremony and who is allowed to participate in the ritual.
The government shouldn't be able to dictate who I choose to share my assets and debts with, as long as they're legally consenting adults who can sign the contract. And if someone wants to get married to a same sex partner in a church and that church won't allow it, then they can find a church that better suits their values.
Everyone wins.
However, this is not what the theocrats want, which is why we have to deal with this shit. They want to be able to dictate what secular people do, and use the power of the state to force their religion on people regardless of church membership.
And just like that you've lost the republican party support.
I agree. Its critical in the US because of how we ration healthcare. Which is just stupid.
"Rationing healthcare" is such a dystopian ideology. It sounds like we're unable to increase heathcare availability due to force(s) out of our control ... which is the exact opposite of what happens.