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[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because, who the fuck cares?

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apparently a lot of people here actually care. It's so insane that people still want to regulate who others can fall in love with/marry.

I wish we'd just end all the benefits that come with marriage. I don't actually know why it's still encouraged by the government. It made sense for religions to push for people to get married but why should our government be designed in a way where it matters so much and there's so many incentives to marry?

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

there is no incentive to marry? you don't get a tax break or anything, that's just for having kids.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Off the top of my head, I can recall some of the reasons people made for same-sex marriage is that hospitals wouldn't allow gay couples to see each other in emergency rooms because their marriage wasn't recognized. Another one, not sure how it works, is what happens when your spouse dies. I don't think their property would automatically go to their spouse unless it was explicitly spelled out in their will.