To: fwdude
Heh. The free market would settle that effectively and efficiently. The role of Marriage isn't to provide tax benefits. Simple wills can cover any issues of property or assets.
As for the Catholic church and other churches. One church wouldn't have to recognize or issue a anything to someone of not their faith. Kinda the point.
33 posted on
06/30/2011 9:38:12 PM PDT by
Palter
(Celebrate diversity .22, .223, .25, 9mm, .32 .357, 10mm, .44, .45, .500)
To: Palter
The basic question for your position is: who is married?
35 posted on
06/30/2011 9:39:39 PM PDT by
fwdude
(Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
To: Palter
Heh. The free market would settle that effectively and efficiently. The role of Marriage isn't to provide tax benefits. Simple wills can cover any issues of property or assets. What about forcing a witness to testify against her "husband?" If there is no LEGAL definition of marriage (because the govt. "keeps its nose" out), then how should the Court recognize a witness's legal right to refuse to testify against a spouse?
That is only one of countless other examples where the state "needs" to know and/or needs to be involved.
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