President of Gambia plans to kill off every single homosexual

[HappySqurriel]

fkusumot said:

The government (state government in the US) issues marriage licenses. They issue all kinds of licenses. Uhm... I'm not sure what your question is exactly. I'm not following your train of thought here. Help me out HappySqurriel.

Above and beyond all else Marriage is a social contract between two people and the legal implications involved in it are actually fairly small in comparison to the social implications; basically, most people choose to get married because they want people to recognize their relationship (in the modern understanding of Marriage), or because it is the first step in starting a family (in the more classic sense of marriage), not for the tax benefits.

Now, if you eliminate the legal definition of marriage and seperate the legal rights associated with it into one (or multiple) contracts you can be far more inclusive of people with a wide variety of alternative lifestyle choices; this can include people who choose to live with multiple (romantically) partners, as well as people who may decide to enter into a joint-property contract with someone they're not romantically involved in for a wide variety of reasons.