Same sex Marriage

Source: aphilosopher.wordpress.com --- 9 hours ago
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Currently same sex Marriage is legal in Washington, D.C. , thus once again bringing up the topic. I’ve written on this subject before, but I think it is worth writing about again. While my own Marriage ended in divorce and cost me half my stuff, I can (almost) understand why people would want to get married. After all, there are some financial and social benefits to doing so. In the case of same sex Marriage, there is also the matter of it being seen as a victory for tolerance and a mark of social acceptance. In any case, there are folks who are very much for same sex Marriage. My view, which I have held consistently, is that same sex Marriage should be legal. My main reason in based on the notion of the right of adults to enter into legal contracts. As I see it, the legal aspects of Marriage (such as joint property , insurance coverage, and so on) are merely legal agreements that hold between adults and the sex of the individuals seems to be irrelevant. For example, a person should be able to designate the one person who can be on his/her insurance in what is now considered the spouse “slot.” The fact that the person holding the policy would have to pay the premiums would tend to help keep misuses down and, of course, married people would tend to use that “slot” for their spouses . As another example, if a person wants to form a joint ownership agreement and set rules for property division after a ...