I actually think it would be a good thing if marriage was taken out of the tax code. If everyone was just treated an a person for taxing purposes then there really would be no push for gay marriage. They just want the perks that families get. As someone who has never married, I think it is the right thing to do. For example, I run a household, but because I am the only member of it, I cannot claim head of household. If I had an illegitimate child, why then I could claim it. Makes no sense.
I like this because it takes the wind out of the ghey liberal argument that the tax code is unfair towards ghey couples.
Every small gain to them is a win.
Alex, things that morally ambivalent idiot libertarians believe for $1000.
Well, it’s good to know where he stands.
With the libertarians - “let’s destroy marriage and help the homo agenda while pretending not to!” Except Libertarians don’t pretend not to.
Want to get the marriage out of the tax code?
Pass the Fair Tax.
Regarding immigration.
I can see how a marriage license proves a couple is married. But regarding dependent children, how does the immigrant prove the children are theirs?
There is so much immigration from third world and fourth world countries today, I cannot believe all of these immigrants have marriage licenses and birth certificates of their children.
The State must define marriage. Obviously, this is a thorny problem for a church-less State, but we managed fairly well for almost 200 years.
Additionally, the homosexual "marriage" issue has implications far beyond legalized sodomy. For example, how can government schools legally exclude "Dick and Dick" reading books for first graders?
How can the State prohibit the adoption of children by legally "married" sodomites?
Libertarians have thrown our children to the lions by taking an agnostic position regarding marriage.
No position is a position.
It’s too late to privatize marriage. The state has utterly taken it over, and the results are much the same as with everything else the state takes over. Rand Paul is naive to think that his proposal will in any way protect traditional marriage. It might take away one small, technical argument the gay marriage proponents use, but it won’t even slow them down.
I cringe at weddings when the priest/minister says “by the power vested in me by the state of _______”. We’ve been sitting there in a church, hearing about God’s idea of marriage for an hour or so, and suddenly, the state shows up out of nowhere. Who invited them? Oh well, it’s too late to kick them out. They crashed the wedding.
No we do not and the government should not be allowed to do so either...it is not their business, period.
Marriage is included in the tax code because it is beneficial to the country. GAMILY is the core of any great nation. Destroy it, and you destroy the country....which is why liberals are hell bent on perverting it, encouraging sexual temptation in marriage and destroying our children’s chances of having successful marriages by sexualizing them so young. I wish that before republicans jump on a liberal bandwagon and attempt to throw stuff out, that they would consider why it was established that way to begin with.
Big mistake to take the family out of this. The nation needs that important fabric to hold us together. Once we get rid of that, we are done and will become an infested sick society. If he wants to do something, push the fair or flat tax..which solves many issues. Don’t cave nor settle to find detours on wishy washy ideas... be strong on your faith to the word of God.