What the Bible really says about marriage equality

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Thu, 08/24/2017 - 20:15

jonthecatholic

I've got a question for everyone. It's pretty clear our definitions of marriage don't match. I just want to ask what marriage means to you.

Next question: Why do you think married couples enjoy certain benefits that unmarried couples can't?

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 01:19

(Reply to #32) #33

Nyarlathotep

Jon the Catholic - Why do you

Jon the Catholic - Why do you think married couples enjoy certain benefits that unmarried couples can't?

Because typically the theists write the laws?

Thu, 08/24/2017 - 23:48

#34

Randomhero1982

A) Marriage to me is simply a

A) Marriage to me is simply a ceremony to publicly display a couples love one another.

B) I don't see any benefits, other than my fiancee would change her surname. I have friends who are married and fair no better in life than myself or others.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 00:06

(Reply to #34) #35

jonthecatholic

I mean, like tax breaks or

I mean, like tax breaks or when one of them dies, the other is the "default" beneficiary of life insurance or something like that.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 00:17

#36

Randomhero1982

Perhaps in America but not in

Perhaps in America but not in the UK is all I can say Jon, which I would say is an awful thing to do to people. I have been with my fiancee for 8 years, marriage isn't important to us (note she is church of England and I am atheist) and we have two beautiful young boys together.

We have the same rights as anyone else and we are one another's next of kin and on each other's wills and life insurance as is standard and allowed.

If the law elsewhere is different, then I would say that they need to really grow up and make some changes.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 00:45

(Reply to #36) #37

jonthecatholic

I see. Here in the

I see. Here in the Philippines, we do get tax breaks. Also, since families are very close knit here, inheritance goes as follows:

legal spouse, legal children, parents, siblings. For inheritance/insurance claims to pass to non-legal family members, the claim has to be declined by everyone before that person - even if the will states otherwise.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 01:01

#38

Randomhero1982

That is interesting, I would

That is interesting, I would find that quite immoral. I guess I am lucky to live where I am in some respects.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 01:10

#39

jonthecatholic

I guess it's a cultural thing

I guess it's a cultural thing. For us, it works best this way. Family businesses are very common here and no one really makes a will so the government has put in a system that works automatically otherwise, you'll have all the kids making a claim that doesn't end especially if the man has several mistresses and children outside of his legal family.

Fri, 08/25/2017 - 01:25

#40

Randomhero1982

Indeed, I would not dispute

Indeed, I would not dispute thay for a second.

But would it not raise a moral question?

I'll use the golden rule for example in its negative or prohibitive form...
"One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated".

But thanks for the insight into your culture, very interesting.

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