Sickeningly Liberal

Aug. 4, 2012 at 1:30pm with 6 notes

Reblogged from fvucklexie

The one thing Obama did right in his presidency was legalize gay marriage. But seriously who is the mother fucking government to decide who can get married. Isn’t that like a religious act. What happend to freedom of religion. HMM

Well, first of all, the President hasn’t legalized same-sex anything (and also, presidents don’t make decisions like that, Congress does). He only came out in support of same-sex marriage.

Now… the motherfucking government does decide who gets marriage, because marriage isn’t just a religious act. Marriage is a legally bonding social contract. Sometimes people have religious wedding ceremonies that go with it, but sometimes people do. That’s separate from the actual reason most people get married, which includes a lot of benefits from the government:

Giving a husband/wife visitation rights when his/her spouse is incarcerated or hospitalized.
Giving a husband/wife control over his/her spouse’s affairs when the spouse is incapacitated.
Establishing the second legal guardian of a parent’s child (joint parenting rights)
employment assistance and transitional services for spouses of members being separated from military service
Larger benefits under some programs if married (such as Social Security, disability, Medicaid, property and income taxes, etc.)
Tax-free transfer of property between spouses (including on death)
Special consideration to spouses of citizens and resident aliens
Funeral and bereavement leave
Joint adoption and foster care
Joint tax filing
Spousal privilege in court cases
For those divorced or widowed, the right to many of the late spouse’s benefits