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Why would you the government to be involved in your marriage?
by klabb3 4y ago
Why would you the government to be involved in your marriage?
- d4mi3n 4y agoI think the point GP is trying to make is that sometimes state governments try to get involved in marriage and having a federal policy that preempts that can prevent further meddling. This cuts both ways—with preemption, you can provide baseline rights or guarantees to citizens. The trade-off is that you have federal legislation in the mix and you then need to deal with laws that are slower/harder to change; a big issue if the law was badly written or needs to be changed in a timely manner.
- hprotagonist 4y agoBecause that’s what marriage is?
- agar 4y agoIsn't a better question: why would you want /any/ government involved in your marriage? This argues for federal legislation that defines marriage simply as a compact between two consenting adults with some basic legal record keeping. The /impact/ of that marriage can be both federal and state (e.g., federal vs. state tax laws). Individual state laws defining marriage could mean your next of kin could change if you die in the wrong state. That way lies dragons.
- phpisthebest 4y agoI dont think government should be in the business of regulated interpersonal relationships at all, for the finances it should be covered by contract law, for everything else it is none of the government's business