The Federal Government has no business treating married and single people differently.
“The Federal Government has no business treating married and single people differently.” While I find no power in the Federal Constitution authorizing Federal distinction among any sort of men, except thous free and not free, Indiana and not Indian, citizen and not citizen.
The only legitimate question of marriage for Washington is a question of employee benefits. The rest such as property distribution after death or child custity after divorce are clearly state issues domestic law issues.
Of course in regard to employee benefits I honestly think this is a bad policy in itself, to have employees diversify their methods of pay into both Goods & services. But of course this is largely a product of Washington’s Own Tax policy in that some services are not taxed the same way as income(A ‘good’).
That said this collage student seems to have no critical thinking skills in that he can’t even recognize that “Due process of law” and “equal protection of law” when applied by judges outside of written ‘law’ upon which to decide is necessarily tyranny as a ‘judge’ must substitute his own idea’s or the ideas of the lawyers in deciding what what kind of equal protection to apply or what process was ignored.
This is perhaps the most insane invention of our corrupt Federal employees in black robes. The one that necessarily brings a form of tyranny to all formerly freemen.
But of course lawyers, and judges love it as it is a form of dictatorial power for them to change or impose whatever law they think ‘right’ or necessary and decide to add to the massive body of notably unwritten law under which they judge equality, and due process.