Yes, I agree. There are a great number of points of government involvement in marriage at the county, state and federal levels. I would submit, however, that there is no compelling justification for any one of them. For example what justification is there for a rich spouse to collect social security based solely on being or having been married while a poor elderly single person might collect nothing?
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