In this society you cannot take the government out of marriage. There are over 1700 federal benefits for married couples. That doesn't include inheritance rights, guardianship, etc. If you want to remove government from marriage, you'll have to remove all of those benefits. And there will be a howl from all the straight married couples against that.
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > I used to be in the "let them have civil unions" camp. > > > > civil union and domestic partnerships don't mean the same thing > as marriage. Take the government out of the picture and it would just be > that you are married or you live with someone you love. > > Your commitment to that other person is what makes a marriage. > the government just calls singles living together civil in > their companionship. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362249 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
