tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post6709092063192656608..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: Good luck, Brown familyShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-85665178167907488672011-07-12T20:55:03.231-07:002011-07-12T20:55:03.231-07:00But lots of unmarried couples live together which ...But lots of unmarried couples live together which still allows them to file taxes separately. Lots of people intentionally don't get married (or even divorce) so as to skirt tax implications. (To qualify for medicaid, for example.) So I'm not really sold on that being a justification for caring how many people are shacking up together.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-19821940350719360732011-07-12T19:23:44.077-07:002011-07-12T19:23:44.077-07:00What makes the issue of polygamy thorny from the s...What makes the issue of polygamy thorny from the state perspective is the issue of a "single" woman filing taxes as such, while sharing, greatly, in domestic costs. In short she gets tax breaks, or could, in theory, apply for welfare based on her single status.<br /><br />That aside, must to the consternation of Mrs. A Teacher I do agree that what consenting adults chose to do behind closed doors should be the purvue of those said adults behind those closed doors. As long as everyone is free, morally, intellectually, physically and spiritually to say "no" and instead says "yes", then really, how are we to judge?<br /><br />About the only role the justice system should have is in affirming that consent was affirmatively given rather than not withdrawn.... if that's the way to say what I want to say.Rob Ostermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226679027078689566noreply@blogger.com