(May 23, 2012 at 7:11 pm)Ben Davis Wrote: ...and that's where I disagree with the legal institution of marriage. A state should not have the right to incentivise certain types of relationship by enforcing legal restrictions based on partnership status. It's simple interference with the aim of social control.
In principle, I have no argument with this. In practice, we live within the constraints of existing law until such time that it changes.