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Originally Posted by tripsk

marriage is kinda stupid anyway, isn't it more of a religious thing? if they're not religious, what's the point?

a civil marriage is a specific contract that establishes a family in the eyes of the law and has nothing to do with religion.

it determines stuff like who can adopt children as a couple, who gets to inherit your IRA, who gets to make decisions about your children, who gets what if a couple splits, who is eligible for medical benefits, what foreign citizen can legally come into the country as a family member, who gets to call the shots when you're in a coma, and all that "kinda stupid" shit that children don't think about when they live with their parents.