Dear Mary...

TMC's get certain perks, such as tax breaks and survivor benefits, based on
thousands-of-years-old religious ideas

Not really, given that the income tax in the U.S. is less than a
century old.

The idea wasn't religious but societal: married couples raise children
and need all the help they can get.

The funny thing is that the old fix (two individuals can share one
income) got fixed about fifty years ago so as to lessen the
discrimination against single individuals, with the result that now
that most married individuals are working, they pay more taxes than if
they were single.

About the only boon remaining for the marrieds is that they are not
subject to the $11,000 gift limitation that the rest of society is
supposed to be guided by. As John Kerry has demonstrated, your wife
can share her wealth with you without restriction.


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In article , "Steve Walker"
wrote:

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Douglas Berry" wrote in message
...

They are prevented from marrying in the way theiy desire as
consenting adults.


They wish to marry persons of the same sex. That is not possible.

Of course it is, it happens in other places right now.



Marriage definitions vary even among religionsl, and certainly among
cultures. A libertarian view might be that the proper role of
government is to register civil contracts, and leave the definition of
marriage to churches that perform it.

From personal experience, I wish it was as hard to get married as it is
to get divorced.

From: Douglas Berry


Lo, many moons past, on Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:18:51 -0800, a stranger
called by some "David Koski" came
forth and told this tale in us.military.army

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:40:11 +0000, Douglas Berry wrote:

They are prevented from marrying in the way theiy desire as consenting
adults.

And if one should desire to marry ten consenting wives? Or a consenting
cow? Ha!

As long as everyone agrees, I have no problem with it.

A cow?

Yeah, but when you kiss the cow-bride...never mind.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

From: (Grantland)

WOW! Do you really whack off while a half-dozen burly negroes perform
bukkake on your wifey's willing face? Pretty sick I would say. Your
site needs more pics btw,

Grantland

Just as a matter of curiosity how long have you had erotic fantasies of black
males?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired