Benefits, rights, and privileges of marriage?
So, on II, I state my opinion that the government shouldn't sanction relationships at all, and that any and all benefits, rights and responsibilites related to marriage could be conveyed by other types of contracts, and I am getting really freaky responses. People seem to think that marriage has these thousands of implications that simply cannot be replaced with any other type of contract.
I say a declaration of legal next of kin could cover everything marriage currently does and it doesn't matter who that NOK is, a friend, relative, lover, whatever.
Am I missing something?
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