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What if the government did away with marriage?

Steve T asked:


Marriage is a religious institution. Would you support eliminating it as a civic institution? Leave to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s?

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4 Responses to “What if the government did away with marriage?”

  1. Ghengis Says:

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    Marriage isn’t necessarily a religious institution.

  2. Gummy ? Says:

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    Marriage is not a religious institution. Just because you can get married in a church (which a lot of people choose not to) does not mean it’s a religious thing.

    I’m an Atheist and one day, I might get married and not in a church. It has nothing to do with religion.

  3. Don S Says:

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    We pride ourself in the US of having separation of church and state but marriage in an area where the two do overlap a bit. While marriage occurs in a church it is also important to remember that it is a legal partnership as well which, if you get divorced, becomes painfully obvious. If the government said, “OK Poof! No more marriages”, the legal implications of two people living together over a period of time and accumulating assets and debts would still constitute a sharing of these responsibilities if they parted unless a contract existed otherwise. Basically it makes no difference if your legally married or just “together”.

  4. Christian S. Miller Says:

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    Great idea! The problem is that is government would have to stop giving financial benefits exclusively to married people: joint income tax; social security to spouses; increased housing allowance to married soldiers etc.

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