Reply #13: Not At All

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I didn't say anything it about it enriching women financially; I said it was expensive to get out of. Marriage is really based on ownership of progeny, which has nothing to do with the point you are belaboring. With IVF, GIF, donor eggs, sperm banks, surrogacy and the other reproductive technology, marriage is obsolete. That's all the 'sanctity' of marriage is about - who's the daddy. To really protect the 'sanctity' of marriage, not only would gay marriage have to outlawed, so would all reproductive technology that uses other than the genetic material of the married couple, as well as banning marriage of those who are infertile or sterile. I think it's smarter to get rid of marriage!

On edit: never-married women (with or without children) are better off financially than divorced women. My argument against marriage isn't financial, but this is a great point.