When I first took a serious look at marriage - when I was about 15 or so - I had sort of the same opinion. It's a really private relationship, why does the government, or the law, have to be involved? It's none of their business.
When I grew up... well, there are a lot of things the government does, like provide money for student loans, or some forms of unemployment insurance, for which they need to know how people are related to each other. To be fair, the government is mostly interested in fiscal rather than sexual relationships... however, most humans insist on basing fiscal support on "love" and see "love" as a subset of dating (rather than, say, friendship), so ultimately it boils down to the same thing.
Basically, I decided that the government's / law's interference in marriage was a necessary evil.
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Date: 2008-05-21 01:13 pm (UTC)When I grew up... well, there are a lot of things the government does, like provide money for student loans, or some forms of unemployment insurance, for which they need to know how people are related to each other. To be fair, the government is mostly interested in fiscal rather than sexual relationships... however, most humans insist on basing fiscal support on "love" and see "love" as a subset of dating (rather than, say, friendship), so ultimately it boils down to the same thing.
Basically, I decided that the government's / law's interference in marriage was a necessary evil.
Kiralee