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Originally Posted by Still Growing  Am I falsely assuming that the institution of marriage costs tax payer money? Certainly all those judges, larger IRS and divorces cost something.
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? |
Actually, I would like it to be the exact opposite. I cannot for the life of me feel the social role of marriage, I'm fine being partner to my partner - although I know the marriage symbolic is extremely important to many!
But I know that if I ever get married, it
will be for the legal benefits of course! And the one that will most likely come up fastest is having the right to live in the same country - not a given right now.
I have a right to live with a husband, anywhere in the world. If he is just my boyfriend, I don't. Suppressing marriage would definitely reduce my freedoms. And as long as we don't live in a stateless world (
world, not country), there legal frames will be necessary.