Comments on: Getting Government Out Of The Marriage Business http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Aitchison http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1642 Robert Aitchison Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:10:28 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1642 I’ve been saying this for years, marriage is a fundamentally religious institution and should be none of the governments business. It should be between you, your spouse and your clergy whom you marry.

I don’t need a license from the state for my son to have his Bar Mitzvah and I shouldn’t have needed one to get married.

To eliminate the institution of civil marriage would require changes to our legal structure to cover issues like inheritance (currently spouses inherit property tax free) joint proprty (already largely covery by incorporation), next of kin, etc.

]]> By: The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Marriage: A Thought Experiment http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1480 The Liberty Papers»Blog Archive » Marriage: A Thought Experiment Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:53:42 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1480 [...] Ryan: I actually have to agree with Lifton on this. We need some sort of civil recognition of the union of two… [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1479 Ryan Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/07/07/getting-government-out-of-the-marriage-business/#comment-1479 I actually have to agree with Lifton on this. We need some sort of civil recognition of the union of two partners for financial reasons, but I totally agree with the whole marriage being a religious issue. For once we have a good proposal coming from a person in government. Props to you Barbara Lifton!

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