[extropy-chat] Gay marriage in Spain, a world of change

[Robert Lindauer]

Robert Lindauer wrote:

>
> Being a member of an S-Corp requires some financial resources and 
> business smarts that -most people who just want to get married- don't 
> necessarily have.  Is it fair that only business-savvy people are 
> allowed to have marriage-relationships?  Are marriage relationships 
> really -only- financial arrangements?  How sad.
>
> As long as we're social engineering, we have to look out for who we're 
> social-engineering - who benefits from our social engineering 
> project.  The world where only wealthy well-educated people can enjoy 
> the benefits of marriage is a sad one indeed.



Let me make that into a question.

If we wish to make marriage into a purely legal and financial affair 
akin to a partnership, should we simultaneously lower the bar 
sufficiently to make entering into a limited liability partnership as 
easy as getting married.

If we did such a thing, wouldn't it make the whole LLP/LLC construct 
nearly worthless?  Also imagine the legal mess it would create - as if 
divorce and business litigation weren't complicated enough - imagine if 
it was grounds for dissolving an LLC that your partner was sleeping with 
someone else!

Robbie Lindauer