Originally Posted by FreedomForWho

I had an arguement typed out for the greeks, but accidently hit backspace and it went to the previous page. Anyways, we were side tracked from the discussion anyways.

Generally speaking, the law treats you differently if you are married, because the law presumes that marriage makes you and your spouse three things: (1) next of kin, (2) financial partners, and (3) exclusive sexual partners.

Why does marriage exist as a legal institution?

The reason marriage was singled out for special legal attention is that it is the only human relationship that can both (a) produce the next generation of babies and (b) connect those babies to both their mother and father.

Sex makes babies. Society needs babies. Babies deserve mothers and fathers. Together these three ideas explain the public purposes of marriage, its shape and form.

Research clearly demonstrats that family structure matters for children, and the family structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological parents in a low conflict marriage.