Posted on 12/07/2016 3:54:07 AM PST by eccentric
THEY COULDNT AFFORD IT.....I know what you mean. My last wedding was “Hey, woman, get in the truck.” Still with her for 22 years.
The official marriage seals the commitment.
Without it the man (or the woman) will be predisposed to feel, perhaps on an subconscious level, that the door is open.
And it’s the right thing to do.
On a legal level marriage is about managing property and other matters when both are alive and distributing property when things end (via divorce or death). That’s a lot of what the gay marriage folks are looking for, that default legal definition. All of which can be handled with other legal documents (powers of attorney and wills primarily) but you get it for “free” with a marriage license. It became especially true when HIPPA went into effect, if you don’t have a marriage license or medical power of attorney on file and you get sick or injured to the point where you cannot make medical decisions for yourself things get really complicated in a way that’s probably going to result in your death.
Marriage exists solely to enrich attorneys. If not for the lucrative divorce industry, attorneys, judges, counselors used by the court, et al would need to find other, more strenuous, less well-paying work.
The machine requires a steady supply of dupes to line their pockets. The divorce industry is a multibillion dollar racket. Without marriage, it would not exist.
The End.
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