mornelithe said:
1,138 to be precise. |
As a gay person who never plans to get married, (I view marriage as a silly waste of money and personal freedom, I don't need marriage to show that I trust and love another person.) I hope all 1,138 of those are demolished. Truly equal treatment would entail the same benefits for all people, regardless of whether or not they are "married", non-married but a couple, or single. The only issue is next-of-kin, but that was dealt with for millenia before state-sanctioned and licensed marriages. With people more literate than ever, it should not be an issue to privately deal with whom you believe to be your next of kin and the recepient of your goods as well as the decision maker in the event that you are incapacitated through a signed contract. For those who don't want specific contracts, they can purchase pre-made but popular contracts that deal with all the legal issue from a laywer or even the state if it wants to sell that service in a competitive market. This allows for people who want to specify their relationship to do so, and for those who want the one-sized fit all relationships to do so. Instead of having the state tell me who is my next of kin, I get to choose for myself.
