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I don't understand why marriage is a legal thing. Why is the government involved?
by ar_lan 7y ago
I don't understand why marriage is a legal thing. Why is the government involved?
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoTaxes. Church and state get involved with the individual for extraction of assets, control resource distribution, control population growth by incentivizing higher birth rate(= work force = more taxes), ‘tithing’ of various forms and basically surveillance. From birth to death, they keep tabs.
- pizza234 7y agoBecause governments regulate the pivotal aspects of society. Marriage has been a long-standing form of union between people, which is supposed to be the foundation of procreation, which in turn is the foundation of a lasting society. Whether the regulations are outdated, it's definitely a very valid point of discussion, but the fact that there is regulation is significant.
- saalweachter 7y agoIf you want to take all the romance out of it, you can look at marriage as a well-understood standard contract for forming a legal partnership with oodles of case law and precedent. It's like how nearly everything is a Delaware corporation, or how nearly every lease you sign is one of three or four templates downloaded off the internet with the names and addresses filled in.
- kraig911 7y agoWell first things first kids need legal protection and a system needs something in place to account for them.
- dudul 7y agoIsn't it possible to have kids outside of wedlock?
- epicureanideal 7y agoHow does marriage protect the children?
- kraig911 7y agoNot marriage per se but mutual union of people ordained by the court system protects children. Truly single parents have the hardest time. Help a woman have a pregnancy with no father on the birth cerficate you'll understand what I mean.
- tenebrisalietum 7y agoBecause property rights are involved.