Marriage is descriminatory, single people should get its benifits!

[Vesayen]

I COMPLETLEY and TOTALY support gay marriages-gays are fine, I have absolutely no problem with them-this ISNT an attack on homosexual's, nor is it "I'm not a racist but" post.

Arent marriage benifits by the goverment preferential treatment? Why should two people get special benifits and treatment just because they are married? Single people should get marriage benifits too, or abolish them completely!

[Q Classic]

i'll bite. why should single people get the same benefits that married people do?

after all, marriage is a choice...

[chequita guevara]

Society has an interest in promoting marriage. It does not have an interest in promoting singleness.

[Jac de Molay]

If anything, single people have a higher economic burden and deserve all the help they can get.

[MikeH]

Yeah, I should get to be nagged and have no sex life... hey! I already get that. Sweet.

[Az]

There is no point in promoting marriage if there are no kids as a result.

[Q Classic]

to get a marriage benefit, you have to be married.

being single means you're not married. why would a single person get a marriage benefit?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Society has an interest in promoting marriage. It does not have an interest in promoting singleness.

That is the truth.

[MikeH]

What about 2 people who are living together and have children but don't want to get married? Huh?

[Az]

They have the same legal status. At least that's the way around here.

[MikeH]

Not in the UK they don't. They should though.

[MrFun]

Re: Marriage is descriminatory, single people should get its benifits!

Originally posted by Vesayen
I COMPLETLEY and TOTALY support gay marriages-gays are fine, I have absolutely no problem with them-this ISNT an attack on homosexual's, nor is it "I'm not a racist but" post.

Arent marriage benifits by the goverment preferential treatment? Why should two people get special benifits and treatment just because they are married? Single people should get marriage benifits too, or abolish them completely!

Because single heterosexuals have the freedom to enter a legally sanctioned marriage, they will always have access to the privileges that go with marriage.

So single, heterosexual people really are not being discriminated against -- they choose whether they want to marry or not.



But it would be interesting to learn more about the historical developments that led to legally sanctioned privileges of marriage in Western societies.

Any Apolytoner historian who is knowledgeable in this particular area?

[MikeH]

Single gay people could marry someone as well just to exploit the tax perks. Get a gay couple and a lesbian couple together and do a double wedding.

[Az]

Originally posted by MikeH
Not in the UK they don't. They should though.

Erm, yeah, that's ****ed.

[gunkulator]

Since the male/female sex act is the only one that produces children, the state has an interest in seeing that new children are well cared for. Marriage is a perk to entice parents to stick around.