| FootballFan said: The whole idea of marriage has changed. It use to be the case as a union infront of god....bascially so you could have sex without Christians telling you will go to hell. These days you can organise everything to do with inheritance without the need for marriage and....different taxing is that even a benefit to being married? In England it is better off (financially) that the parents are divorced and live in different households as they are entitled to additional benefits. |
Not here, only people related to you by blood and your legal partner can inherit, no matter what was the dead one's desires, so not even a civil union would cover that...in fact civil unions (which were legal before for homosexual couples) barely cover anything, not even social coverage.
As for tax, here they change based on if you're married or not, I heard that it's mainly the income tax that sets a different minimum (if you're single you start being taxed if you earn more than, I dunno, $1000, but it's more if you're married, say, $1200). Nevermind the fact that having children also changes the taxation
