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Most of us like to feel pretty good about our open-minded world today. In fact, it’s a lot more open minded in ways than ever before, especially when it comes to relationships between loving couples. Interracial relationships are no problem, gay couples are a part of the crowd, May-December relationships don’t cause a second glance.
But what about romantic couples who live together for years without getting married? Our social system seems to be set up to encourage those same loving couples to get married…or else.
Marriage by and far is the preferred form of relationship according to the government. In fact, our president George Bush has been introducing programs and legislation that work to ‘preserve the sanctity of marriage’. There are programs encouraging young people to abstain from sex until marriage. However, what if those same young people don’t wish to get married?
A person can easily get added to the health insurance of their spouse’s job. Yet, if they weren’t married by law, the same person would have to seek out individual life insurance elsewhere.
In several states, common law marriages have been dissolved with legislation. They are saying that if you don’t go in and get the marriage certificate, you can’t get the same benefits that couples who did will get.
Those who are loving couples living together with children may know that raising a child in a stable two parent home will result in a child that is happier and healthier. But does that mean those couples have to be legally married?