• jet@hackertalks.com
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    19 hours ago

    A loop hole that is technically correct is still correct.

    What is the purpose of marriage?

    • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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      17 hours ago

      Legally it is a shortcut to establishment of a number of implied contracts, tells the courts how to unwind those contracts, and rights. In some cases the implied contracts are more effective than written ones. Medical decisions and visitation rights being first ones I can think of.

      I sm not a lawyer.

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      17 hours ago

      Two people bound together for life for the purposes of creating a family

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        “You shouldn’t use marriage to stop yourself being legally chained to your parents. The purpose of marriage is to legally chain you to your spouse.”

        If people could “divorce” their parents you wouldn’t have to worry about this.

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        12 hours ago

        Yeah, you can miss me with the religious bullshit. This is a legal loophole in a legal system.

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          11 hours ago

          If it was for religious reasons, I would have specified it as a “man and a woman”

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            Then what is your basis for it only being between two people? You’re defining it just like religion does because that’s where you got the idea even if you don’t realize it.

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          14 hours ago

          Only as a last resort. You shouldn’t get married without intending to stay together for life.