Is marriage the right of each and every citizen?

[HappySqurriel]

Kasz216 said:

Both Yes and No.

Marriage isn't a right, however it does become a right the moment government decides to use it as the method to delvier benefits to a committed pair of individuals or uses it to establish familial rights.

As it is now, i'd say marriage is a right in the US.

If the US dropped all tax breaks, and legal benefits for married spouses, I would then say it is NOT a right.

Easy solution... change government marriage to civil unions... for everyone.

Why even have civil unions?

This is a question I asked durring the Canadian "gay marriage" non-debate and no one could answer it.

In Canada (pretty much) all rights that a married couple have were given to couples living in common-law relationships in the 1990s. All the rights and responsibilities surrounding children are maintained regardless of your marital status, and if the government needs to give "Tax Breaks" to people who could have children that is an indication that tax rates are simply too high for everyone. About the only act that may happen when people get married that the government should care about is a legal name-change; which is hardly enough to justify any real involvement in marriage from the government.