Posted on 09/04/2015 12:42:43 PM PDT by NRx
Ooh good idea. Me, I am going to marry Bill Gates’s bank account.
Much stronger Constitutional case than Ms. Davis’
Trust me, your cat is a stereotypical gold digger. If you stopped feeding him/her, he/she would leave you in an instant. (Or eat you in your sleep!)
I like it!
I agree with one minor caveat. It wasn’t the Supreme Court; it was Anthony Kennedy
Just ignore the government
Get married in a church, but skip the license
You will ‘legally’ not be married, but in the correct religious sense you will be
And you won’t have to pay the marriage penalty tax
And you can clame your ‘domestic partner’ as a dependant ro health care...
win win
LOL Best post.
At first, I thought he was just trying to take a poke at SCOTUS, but then I started thinking about how the various states handle alimony, community property, awarding children to one parent, out-of-state moves, visitation rights, child support, and such.
He actually might be making a good point.
It means he owes you dinner. Expect a dead bird on your stoop any time now.
You are right about a cat but, on the other hand, I KNOW that my dog loves me.
I usually get rats. Well, half rats - the back half >P
The married-filing-jointly rates are a benefit, not a penalty, when one spouse earns substantially more than the other. That's why they were enacted originally, as a benefit to married couples ( they were enacted at a time when most wives didn't work outside the home).
And if you're not legally married, you will pay estate tax when your spouse dies.
I love it!
“The left wing goons of the SCOTUS made this mess.
Massive civil disobedience in trying to keep with their tyrannical decrees.”
Exactly. It would be a great stirring moment in the history of our nation if such massive civil disobedience happens, instead of a scattered few heroes. I pray for courage of people of conscience in the judiciary, clerical positions and the wedding industry as they are on the front lines of this great battle in the war on American culture.
What is going to get messy fast is the inheritance issues.
Grandma died, and her female roommate of several years says we were really married, give me the house.
An old guy marries his young male caregiver or old woman marries female nursing assistant, that person argues they get the house and money.
You know there will be retroactive cases, as well. This opens a real can of worms.
The estate is closed and settled, the room mate says I lived with your son three years before he OD’d or died in a car crash, give ME the life insurance or financial settlement.
Or the two were clearly good friends, lived together at end of life, and after the death of one and the survivor hears of this ruling, the poor old person demands the money that was given to the children and grandchildren as the surviving spouse.
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