uscitizen
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- May 6, 2007
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...but marriage creates certain legal rights and obligations that are the juristiction of both the states and the feds. Once you enter into a contract created by the states, which is what marriage is, you open up that relationship to governmental action.
Exactly my point. Government can provide the court system to settle any contractual disputes, be it for a marriage or the merging of two giant corporations. However, the "legal rights and obligations" of which you speak are simply examples of government meddling in personal relationships. There need be NO right and obligations outside of the contract into which two consenting adults entered and government need not be involved at all except to provide a civil legal system to help to settle any contractual disputes.
Correct married and single should be taxed the same, the govt should not engage in social engineering by the tax codes.