[privatedrive]

Agreed. The government should abdicate all interest in marriage. Marriage should be a purely religious endeavor. There should be no ‘legal’ distinction between married and unmarried. No difference. Everyone treated the same. Problems solved. It’s none of the government’s business - Period.

[DTogo]

Yep!

[Mrs. Don-o]

I've often thought that there's a strong case to be made for abolishing civil marriage. I recall that the Catholic Church --- at least in the Kulturkampf fight in the 1870's --- was agains civil marriage.

That said, though--- and marriage or no marriage --- do you think the govt should renforce child support from fathers? Or should children all be assumed to have no right to parental support, and be dependents of the State? (At present, single-motherhood wedded to the State --- the "Life of Julia" -- seems to be the major alternative.)