• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      They are saying you get X rights if you have Y status. Where Y is your legally recognized relationship with a person.

      It is understood that if my wife can’t make a medical decision and one has to be made I can repeat what her wishes would have been. Why is that? Because we are married? Why does being married matter? Because it is a relationship? Why does that differ from any other relationship? Because it is a legitimate one.

      This whole process is the government or some religion saying this relationship between two people is a special exception from the rules governing regular relationships.

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        7 months ago

        Other relationships are legitimate, they just aren’t legally recognized by the government. You can make a contract that gives anyone rights to medical decision-making.

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          7 months ago

          Cool. So there was never once in history laws that regulated say unmarried people living together? Remind me what was going on in Loving v. Virginia.

          How about immigration? Do you think you are going to sponsor a person you aren’t legally married with just because you two are in love?