tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post7921987914673967668..comments2023-12-22T15:39:43.656-07:00Comments on debitage: Putting Government-Haters In Charge of GovernmentStentorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-90079759777383570552009-12-10T22:39:49.784-07:002009-12-10T22:39:49.784-07:00People entangle their lives with others in various...People entangle their lives with others in various ways, one common form of which is a romantic coupling. It therefore makes sense that society should recognize these entanglements in the way it treats people, from inheritance rights to hospital visitation to joint filing of tax returns. But in order to confer such recognition, and to seek enforcement of the resulting rights (e.g. if the doctors don't believe you when you say you should get to make decisions for your incapacitated partner), there needs to be some sort of legal registering of your status. Marriage licenses act as a standard-package contract to take care of this stuff for people who enter into one common type of life-entanglement.Stentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629599671442149938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3082331.post-53169698689121040072009-12-07T15:36:46.790-07:002009-12-07T15:36:46.790-07:00Why do you believe Government should license marri...Why do you believe Government should license marriage?<br /><br />That hasn't always been the case in the United States.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com