No special benefits. It's none of the governments business. You got married for the legal benefits? I didn't.
Oh please!! What is this, some cut off your nose to spite face. half baked anti government codswallop? Of course we got married for the financial and benefits and legal protections, at least in part. I am sure that most people do. Because we are married, my wife in on my employer based health care plan at no extra cost. If I die, she gets my state pension continuing in her name, my social security and all of my assets tax free.
In addition while we don't have kids, kids that have two legally married parents in the home do better than others and being married raised the probability that the couple will stay together. There is a problem in this country with too many kids in single parent homes.
Furthermore, when a woman has a child and is married, there is a legal presumption of parental rights bestowed upon her partner, even if her partner is another woman. This way, if something happens to one parent the child still has a nother legal parent and does not become a ward of the state, or in the custody of some mean aunt who they don't know.
Your hair brain idea would only exacerbate that situation by removing that legal bond AND doing away with all tangible benefits
You did not answer all of my questions, most likely because you do not have answers:
Who supports this “government out of marriage “ stuff and why?
Who decides who can get married to who and what is the criteria?
As I said, none of you people really understand what you are advocation for, or have thought through the consequences. You’re trying to fix something that isn’t broken and have no idea why or how.
