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["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Michael Williams wrote:
->you still want a marriage license, the state is there, theoretically 
->impartial and irreligious, ready to do so without passing judgement.  I 

and ready to collect that just slightly higher tax for married couples. 

I don't see how the government couldn't fix the deficit (in any county, 
state or federal situation) by just taxing the hell out of marriage. You 
pay a decreasing amount of tax based on the years you have been together. 
Now that's some incentive for "sticking around". 

And gay marriage - hell, there's a whole new revenue stream right there. 

Just thinking. 

Besides, marriage was long an economic proposition before it was a 
religious one. 

Cheers
KJ