tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post2397423193338682385..comments2023-03-25T19:24:00.019-04:00Comments on The Economist's Cookbook: Why Marriage Equality Is IrrelevantThe_Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-90581490608112779782010-09-22T13:56:14.608-04:002010-09-22T13:56:14.608-04:00Asserting you are right doesn't make you right...Asserting you are right doesn't make you right. First, marriage predates religion. Second, the churches don't want separation of state and marriage, it was the Reformationist who insisted the two be merged in order to weaken the Catholic Church. Third, if you did separate it the battle continue because the fundamentalists:<br /><br />a. want the state to forbid liberal churches from performing marriages for gay couples and<br />b. demand that the state NOT grant any legal rights to gay couples.<br /><br />The culture war exists here because the Religious Right demands that the state impose their morality on others. Privatizing marriage won't remove that demand from their agenda. And the Republicans are controlled by these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-236162508202603802010-09-03T02:34:42.452-04:002010-09-03T02:34:42.452-04:00I don't think people should get privs for shag...I don't think people should get privs for shagging or shacking up or having kids.<br /><br />Nobody gives me tax breaks for raising livestock and dogs...<br /><br />Marriage equality is "screw whatever you want and leave the government out and don't make ME pay for your progeny, via woman, man, or goat."<br /><br />That's MY version.<br /><br />Government shouldn't have anything to do with marriage, nor churches, if anything, it should be outed as WHAT IT IS, contract law with tax breaks.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-41451007314604275742010-09-02T13:56:15.827-04:002010-09-02T13:56:15.827-04:00I agree with the proposal to separate religious ma...I agree with the proposal to separate religious marriage from the legal rights and obligations of the parties to the marriage. Unfortunately, however, the political will for such a change is almost certainly absent. I suggest that the An-Cap solution and your much more practical solution are similarly far from becoming a reality. <br /><br />In the meantime, however, liberty-minded individuals should support efforts to expand liberties where they are unduly withheld. One such area is marriage equality. Several <i>constitutional</i> arguments provide a non-statist, presumably founding father approved, rationale for expanding marriage rights to same-sex couples. <br /><br />I hope that in the short-term, marriage equality will be extended to same-sex couples, but the optimal long-term solution is to remove the religious connotation of marriage from consideration with respect to legal rights, obligations, and privileges.Greg Wnoreply@blogger.com