I feel like that’s kind of the point they’re making
When you tie so many of those things to marriage, you’ve created an inherent inequality between married people and unmarried people.
Let the idea of “marriage” be up to you, your spouse(s) and whatever god(s) you think may exist.
And let people sort all the rest of it out for themselves.
For example
You can have your spouse and kids covered under your health insurance that you have through work. You don’t necessarily need to live together or even be on good speaking terms as long as you have that piece of paper that says you’re married.
So why shouldn’t you be able to share those benefits with someone else of your choosing? Maybe you’re single and would like to make sure that your best friend and their kids who you see all the time and think of each other as family can go see the doctor when they need to. You probably have a closer relationship with them than someone with an estranged wife and kids they never talk to, why shouldn’t you be able to add them onto your health insurance?
I feel like that’s kind of the point they’re making
When you tie so many of those things to marriage, you’ve created an inherent inequality between married people and unmarried people.
Let the idea of “marriage” be up to you, your spouse(s) and whatever god(s) you think may exist.
And let people sort all the rest of it out for themselves.
For example
You can have your spouse and kids covered under your health insurance that you have through work. You don’t necessarily need to live together or even be on good speaking terms as long as you have that piece of paper that says you’re married.
So why shouldn’t you be able to share those benefits with someone else of your choosing? Maybe you’re single and would like to make sure that your best friend and their kids who you see all the time and think of each other as family can go see the doctor when they need to. You probably have a closer relationship with them than someone with an estranged wife and kids they never talk to, why shouldn’t you be able to add them onto your health insurance?
I’ve been making this argument for years. Gay marriage rights were always missing the mark.