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Quote by: marco_funk In my opinion, as far as I can say from what I know, is that government should not be in the marriage business. Let local communities/religious/culture groups make these types of decisions. The government should be in the business of keeping order within its borders; that is, order between the diverse groups that live there, whether they permit homosexual marriages or not. The government is not there to push morality but rather to keep the peace as the people work out there problems and enjoy life. |
If government gets out of the marriage business then it cannot grant any benefits on the basis of marriage, e.g., legal recognition as next of kin, a lesser tax rate than singles (discriminating against singles), rights regarding children, inheritance rights, etc. Let's just cut all of it and save billions of dollars.