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Married people live longer, make more money, have more discretionary income, raise happier kids, experience less domestic violence, see their offspring become (generally) more successful. There more reasons to get married than not to, and to stay together for the duration.
Civil marriage is a legal construct, thus the law gives it efficacy and influence in our society. Indeed, marriage has always been an evolving institution, largely because of changes in the law. This is one of the reasons that marriage benefits anyone entering into it; there are legal protections for nearly every aspect of civil marriage, including all the following, a list that is by no means definitive: Assumption of Spouse’s Pension; Automatic Inheritance; Automatic Housing Lease Transfer; Bereavement Leave, or indeed any provision under FMLA; Burial Determination; Certain Property Rights; Child Custody; Crime Victim’s Recovery Benefits; Divorce Protections; Domestic Violence Protection; Exemption from Property Tax on Partner’s Death; Immunity from Testifying Against Spouse.
The list goes on and on. Indeed, our society has recognized that marriage is so central to stability and harmony that it's hard to overestimate its value.
And here, ironically, is one of the fundamental benefits of civil marriage: Divorce. That's right. Without marriage there can be no divorce. This seems painfully obvious, but the implication is not as clear as it may seem. Being a legal entity, civil marriage provides protections. It is a contract between two people and the state in which they marry. And, as we know all too well, many marriages end in divorce. The stated legal protections are much more critical at that time than at the onset of the civil marriage. Without marriage, the 'divorce' proceeding must be conducted without protection of any kind for one or both parties. Thus the dilemma: if no civil marriage--how to provide protections to citizens when a relationship involving property, or even children ends? Marriage is immersed in facts that are rarely discussed, and which always present a somewhat different reality than at first assumed.
Civil marriage is a legal construct, thus the law gives it efficacy and influence in our society. Indeed, marriage has always been an evolving institution, largely because of changes in the law. This is one of the reasons that marriage benefits anyone entering into it; there are legal protections for nearly every aspect of civil marriage, including all the following, a list that is by no means definitive: Assumption of Spouse’s Pension; Automatic Inheritance; Automatic Housing Lease Transfer; Bereavement Leave, or indeed any provision under FMLA; Burial Determination; Certain Property Rights; Child Custody; Crime Victim’s Recovery Benefits; Divorce Protections; Domestic Violence Protection; Exemption from Property Tax on Partner’s Death; Immunity from Testifying Against Spouse.
The list goes on and on. Indeed, our society has recognized that marriage is so central to stability and harmony that it's hard to overestimate its value.
And here, ironically, is one of the fundamental benefits of civil marriage: Divorce. That's right. Without marriage there can be no divorce. This seems painfully obvious, but the implication is not as clear as it may seem. Being a legal entity, civil marriage provides protections. It is a contract between two people and the state in which they marry. And, as we know all too well, many marriages end in divorce. The stated legal protections are much more critical at that time than at the onset of the civil marriage. Without marriage, the 'divorce' proceeding must be conducted without protection of any kind for one or both parties. Thus the dilemma: if no civil marriage--how to provide protections to citizens when a relationship involving property, or even children ends? Marriage is immersed in facts that are rarely discussed, and which always present a somewhat different reality than at first assumed.
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