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Originally Posted by Still Growing  What if everyone could choose to be "married" as you put it but it wasn't institutionalized. What if you got the piece of paper saying you were married but the gov't just ignored it from a legal perspective?
What would that harm? |
It wouldn't harm anyone, except for the people who would choose it -- looks like our friend Jeff3 here agrees with me that MORE choice is better. You are advocating less choice.
If, indeed, the institution of government-recognized marriage (and divorce) ends up costing the unmarried taxpayer, it seems like a better idea to me to change the tax laws, rather than the marriage laws. Presenting it either as:
Abolish marriage
OR
Pay for other people's marriage
...is presenting a false choice, as far as I can see. Is there some other price you pay for other people choosing marriage that I'm not seeing?