Termyn8or
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ORIGINAL: LadyDemura I'm still not understanding why the government needs to be involved in a religious matter such as marriage at all. Why are any and all participants of such marriage treated differently than platonic roommates? It is a waste of the court system's time and resources to be involved in such petty arguments such as divorces... Though astute, your question ignores a few things that are apparently important to those people. (concerned) You can jump the broom with anyone, you don't even need a pastor or the captain of a ship, once the vows are spoken in front of witnesses it is pretty much done. However not in the eyes of the law. Marriage licenses were probably introduced to combat polygamy. But then I know people who never got married who are more married than those who are. Loyal and monogamous, which used to be the definition. however, if you are Gay and get a life partner, jumping the broom does not get you into yout Husband's retirement. Really, almost every other aspect of a relationship can be taken care of via a durable will and power of attorney. Just not that pension, or actually health insurance. Actually to be fair, people should just be able to name anyone for their insurance, but not on a whim. An insurance compamy will cover a Wife with a difficult birth, and cover the kids, Gays have a whole different set of things to worry about. The insurance companies should actually be happy because they know they will not have to insure kids, many of which need some care. All of this shit is expensive. The crux of the matter really is legal status. A Wife can get her Husband's SS for life if she outlives him. I know one person who actually objects to that, and I am sure there are others but that is neither here nor there. she gets it. In a Gay marriage, nope. So now they have to get married in a state that recognizes it, and then hope they also recognize it later when one of them dies. I am not in favor of a centralized government so much. I believe that laws should fit the area, like we live right near a big lake, we do not need water saving toilets and showerheads. the stupidest ones are on the kitchen sink, if you are going to wash dishes you fill that thing up as far as you want, and all the water saver does is to make it take longer. just like the showerhead, I have to stand under it twice as long to get my fucking hair wet. That is NOT saving water. Now in Arizona they need to save water, it costs alot. but some things should be standardized. Like a diploa, they should shut the whole education department of the federal government down period, but they still have to set some standards as to who is learned enough to have a diploma. Otherwise industry will not move back in. Companies got real tired over the years of having to teach their HS grad employees how to fucking read. right now, industry would not move back here if people worked for free. Anyway, the basic answer is that it is not religion, it is all about money. It is about a guy's boyfriend being able to get on his SS and get a check, or on his health insurance, and due to the ACA be covered for pregnancy... It always comes back to money. T^T
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