Why do mixed sex couples get cheap legal protections under the law and same sex couples don't?
why should the benefits depend on even a secular ceremony? the issue is what governments need to {benefit\control} that is dependant on a piece of paper that can be voided at any time, versus the interpersonal relations that exist regardless of the pieces of paper?
should provisions for care of children depend on different standards due to their parents?
seems to me all one should have to show is cohabitation - whether for sexual relations or for economic ones - and shared resources.
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and government getting out of the marriage business altogether would leave it open for the various churches to define their own standards for marriages.
This message has been edited by RAZD, 02-26-2005 21:42 AM
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