I see marriage as a traditional legal binding that can alter your life significantly depending on your state and country.
You might see it differently. What does marriage mean to you?
I see marriage as a traditional legal binding that can alter your life significantly depending on your state and country.
You might see it differently. What does marriage mean to you?
I have no interest in involving the government in my personal relationships. I don’t see the point.
The point, to me, is using the government to tell hospitals what to do. I don’t want my parents making big decisions for me - I want the family I chose, my spouse, to do that.
Can’t you get a letter of authorization to make decisions for your partner and vice versa?
Yes. And then sign another authorization for each other topic - another for disposal of my property if I die, one for my funeral preferences, one to pick up my prescriptions, and hope I don’t forget any.
Or, courthouse, one time, 15 minutes, and done.
A marriage license acts like a super convenient combination of othet legal documents.
Almost word for word what i was going to say.
I’m in a committed, 9year relationship, we’re in our 40s and married in all but name.
The state can fuck right off.
We know what we have and no piece of paper steeped in millenia of patriarchal property ownership could ever affect or authorize that.
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It doesn’t work like that, i’ve already been allowed to attend at serious medical events without her being able to say so.
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