Melanie Phillips on Marriage
Surely in this rant she contradicts herself in the space of four paragraphs:Not only was this doctrine [the Law Lords recent decision] grossly unfair, but it effectively reinterpreted marriage from a spiritually-based fusion of selves into a self-centred business transaction between economic interests.
As for cohabitants’ ‘rights’, if those who merely live together are entitled to the same benefits as those who get married, clearly much of the rationale for marriage disappears.
If marriage is a spiritually-based fusion of selves, then surely it won't matter that those who are cohabiting get the same 'benefits', as presumably those benefits are based around only economic interest?
posted by Matthew @ 5/31/2006 08:56:00 PM
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