WSJ: Democracy loses if Prop. 8 is overturned.

[Kasz216]

rocketpig said:

Kasz216 said:
I say just get rid of tax breaks involving marriage.

In fact. Just get rid of marriage as a legal standing all together, and make the "marriage benefits" like hospital visits and the like similar to the "Emergency Medical contact" list.

Of course that would get rid of the "Spousal privledge" thing... but honestly why does that law even exist?

I nominate this idea. Remove all financial and legal benefits and gay marriage supporters have no leg to stand on.

But, as it stands now, it's outright discrimination to restrict which adults can and cannot get married and to whom they marry. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Once marriage became a state-sanctioned entity, all rights for religious institutions to restrict the union to fit their moral code were thrown out the window.

 

Well i just mean so in that i think it's stupid we recognize marriage as a government thing.  This used to not be the case in the ancient world and things worked much better if you ask me.

I mean what benfits do marriages have legally?

1)Tax breaks....

Why? If anything people who are married are going to use up less resources then two signle people, if we're going with a progressive tax system it'd seem they should be taxked more not less.

2) Spousal privelege in courts

Why?  Why should it suddenly be ok to talk about the crimes i'm going to comit to my wife?  Doesn't this just grant a criminal more comfort?

3) Hospital Visitation

Once again... if confuses me.  Why is this limited to spouses?

4) Inheretence

Okay.  This one makes sense... but really why not just make everyone have a will?