Marriage is just an institution...

[bobevenson]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

[Philosophy Explorer]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

How does government interfere?

PhilX

[bobevenson]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

How does government interfere?

PhilX

Jesus Christ, open your goddamn eyes! Blood tests, marriage licenses, special income tax treatment, special social security treatment, divorce legislation, I'm sure you can add a few others yourself!

[Philosophy Explorer]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

How does government interfere?

PhilX

Jesus Christ, open your goddamn eyes! Blood tests, marriage licenses, special income tax treatment, special social security treatment, divorce legislation, I'm sure you can add a few others yourself!

Almost everything you mentioned also applies to single people. The government has been moving away from getting involved with gay marriages (more freedom). The examples you brought up have good reasons behind them. So let's open your eyes.

PhilX

[Arising_uk]

Jesus Christ, open your goddamn eyes! Blood tests, marriage licenses, special income tax treatment, special social security treatment, divorce legislation, I'm sure you can add a few others yourself!

Time to move to the UK bob as three of these we don't have so we must be freer than thou.

[bobevenson]

The examples you brought up have good reasons behind them.

There is not a single good, goddamn reason for the government to interfere with or give special privileges based on marriage, absolutely none!

[Terrapin Station]

I've been institutionalized.

[bobevenson]

I've been institutionalized.

Yes, and you can gain some insight into that malady by reading "The Ouzo Prophecy"!

[Terrapin Station]

Maybe you should try drinking a bit less ouzo.

[Philosophy Explorer]

The examples you brought up have good reasons behind them.

There is not a single good, goddamn reason for the government to interfere with or give special privileges based on marriage, absolutely none!

You must be dumber than a box of nails. Take your first example, blood tests. Part of the business of government is to promote health. This website shows you lose on this argument dummy:

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/ ... 142-5.html

PhilX

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Your compulsory blood tests before marriage always seemed a bit weird to me. Call yourselves 'land of the free'. lol. Should be called 'land of little freedom and no privacy, and watch out because the rest of you are next'.

[Hobbes' Choice]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

You fucking wanker.
If it is an institution, it is created, reproduced and promoted by government, and has been since the dawn of time.
If you don't like it then DON"T MARRY, fuckwit!

[bobevenson]

Maybe you should try drinking a bit less ouzo.

Maybe you should get your head out of your ass!

[bobevenson]

Take your first example, blood tests. Part of the business of government is to promote health.

Jesus Christ, the government doesn't make single people get a blood test. What the fuck is wrong with your mind?

[bobevenson]

...that another institution, government, should stay completely out of.

You fucking wanker.
If it is an institution, it is created, reproduced and promoted by government, and has been since the dawn of time.
If you don't like it then DON"T MARRY, fuckwit!

I'm sorry, but a motherfucking, totalitarian socialist like you can't even figure out what this thread is about!