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[-] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

People deserve the right to a courthouse marriage

People deserve a right to whatever they want to do to live their lives. Marriage just simply shouldn't interface with a government function on any level. Legal rights to property can be hashed out with legal agreements that already exist. This would also allow all the marriage-related and child-related complexities added to the tax code to go away.

It makes the legal/emotional/religious/belief overlap not exist in a government sense, neuters the power the domestic terrorist fundie crazies would have in attempting to make everyone's lives more painful, and removes legal noise from laws across the nation. (Oversimplification of course, there would be pitfalls that would need addressing to fill in gaps that would appear.)

Marriage as a religious function is just a holdover tradition that can continue on unabated without it feeling left out.

this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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