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TMC's get certain perks, such as tax breaks and survivor benefits, based on thousands-of-years-old religious ideas Not really, given that the income tax in the U.S. is less than a century old. The idea wasn't religious but societal: married couples raise children and need all the help they can get. The funny thing is that the old fix (two individuals can share one income) got fixed about fifty years ago so as to lessen the discrimination against single individuals, with the result that now that most married individuals are working, they pay more taxes than if they were single. About the only boon remaining for the marrieds is that they are not subject to the $11,000 gift limitation that the rest of society is supposed to be guided by. As John Kerry has demonstrated, your wife can share her wealth with you without restriction. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (requires authentication) see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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In article , "Steve Walker"
wrote: Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "Douglas Berry" wrote in message ... They are prevented from marrying in the way theiy desire as consenting adults. They wish to marry persons of the same sex. That is not possible. Of course it is, it happens in other places right now. Marriage definitions vary even among religionsl, and certainly among cultures. A libertarian view might be that the proper role of government is to register civil contracts, and leave the definition of marriage to churches that perform it. From personal experience, I wish it was as hard to get married as it is to get divorced. |
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