Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules

Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by drcube on Friday June 26, 2015 @01:48PM (#9786476)

It doesn't matter who invented it. It matters what it is. And marriage is fundamentally a government institution. It concerns laws and legally granted privileges. If there's a sacred component, let the churches keep that part, but that's not what the SCOTUS ruled on, and it's not what millions across the country have been demanding for decades.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by humanrebar on Saturday June 27, 2015 @12:02AM (#9789052)

> And marriage is fundamentally a government institution.

That's nonsense. I'd stay married to my wife even if it were illegal.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by imaginenore on Saturday June 27, 2015 @11:01AM (#9790359)

Not legally you won't. Your "marriage" will be equivalent to "monogamous relationship", that's about it. No visitation rights. No tax breaks. No inheritance rights. No pension rights.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by donatj on Saturday June 27, 2015 @12:53AM (#9789167)

theres really nothing to it that couldn't be replaced by a contract.

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Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules by cbr on Saturday June 27, 2015 @08:16AM (#9789906)

Currently marriage involves third parties treating couples differently because they're married. That requires a standardized status and seems tricky to do with contract.

For example: different taxation, different financial aid, etc.

You could get rid of all these, but that is a big change.

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