By that definition, there isn’t a single marriage in the US that isn’t a corporation. As such, why is there spousal privilege?
I know we filed our license with the secretary of state, which made our property community, and gave each other power of attorney over each of us individually.
That’s a company. A not-for-profit company, but certainly a company.
SCOTUS already ruled corporations are entitled to speech the same as any individual citizen. Are we not splitting 1A in half for companies here? You can speak, but not about God?
So, if I took 10 percent of my profit, and gave it to a church, isn’t that a form of speech, same as if I gave my money to a PAC?
Wouldn’t that be looked at by the church as tithing, and thus, prayer?
That’s right - getting a marriage license is a form of incorporation. And as to why different corporate forms are given different privileges, it’s simple - because that serves the needs of the State.
A marriage license is actually nothing other than a TAX STATUS. You get one because you want to be able to file in a certain way. In return, your marriage gets incorprated, and you both agree to become vulnerable to any number of associated laws.
Marriage used to be the sole venue of the Church. And even though marriage licenses were given by the government long ago, they were solely for the government to acknowlege the marriage for the purposes of government issues - such as when a Revolutionary War vet got a pension, or a deceased government employee’s wife got a pension. These “marriage licenses” by no means CREATED a marriage - they just ACKNOWLEDGED it.
Since the 14th Amendment, however, and the incorporation of Washington DC in 1874, the government has granted itself the power of corporate creation - and the presumption of corporate creation against human beings.
Game changer, to say the least.