I would think that asset division and custody would work a lot like now. You can decide it peacefully on your own, or you can drag courts into it, in which case it becomes a game of burden of proof for who's most suited (kids) or who owned/bought the item in question (things). As for wonky taxes, you can already have…

Just wanted to add, as I realized after I posted, that some people take it as though ignorant is being name called, I meant as in the simple dictionary definition, wherein because you do not know a thing, you are deemed ignorant of it, and did not in any way mean it as an insult.

Nail on head, with the reasoning. That and I once read a story about a kid who was involved in an open adoption, and how wonderful it made him feel to know that his mother didn't "have" to have him, he wasn't an accident. She PICKED him, because she wanted him most. That even though most kids grow in their mother's…

Look, I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm talking about still having the ability to have all those legal things set up, and through official channels, but just calling it something that has more flexibility/fluidity than 'marriage' and dissolving 'marriage' from being a state sanctioned thing, allowing people (any…

Um... please don't think I'm being a wiseass here but.... I honestly cannot tell if that is ignorance or trolling. Mary Brave Bird. Russell Means. Leonard Crow Dog. Leonard Crow Dog is more commonly known as Leonard Peltier - someone on whose behalf several celebrities have tried to raise funds/get exonerated, as he's…

Yeah, my husband and I have what is technically a sexless marriage, and we couldn't be happier. We love each other, and are each other's other half, but there's just no sexual tension or chemistry. So we are building a life together, and sometimes might discreetly (but honestly and with approved boundaries) get some…

Exactly. And for asexual people as well, this would be a step forward. Really, it's a bit archaic that it's NOT this way. I love that in France to get a marriage certificate it REQUIRES it to be done at the court house, which basically makes it obvious that it's a legal thing as opposed to a romance thing. At least,…

TBH, I think it would be much simpler if it were just changed to give the other party/parties legal power of attorney over your affairs that comes second to your own, so that they de facto gain your properties, have the ability to make medical decisions, etc and allow them to joint file taxes and so on (more or less,…

Classic. What does anyone want to bet that a plurality of the same people saying state shouldn't be involved in marriage were the very ones who in 2004 decided to get involved enough to limit it to 1 man and 1 woman?

Eh. I figure, if I want a kid, there are a lot of kids out there looking for a home and family, and if I am ever in a position to give one a good life and simultaneously have changed my mind, I would rather adopt. It just seems sensible.

Touche. Humans have turned me into a misanthrope, lol. But seriously, neither me, nor my sister (the only two kids my mother had) want to have kids. There's way too many people, and still people having 10 and 15 kids at times. The planet can't handle that noise. :\

Agreed. I think the designer made the gradient infinitely more wearable by including the black markings along it, too. I just can't get over how gorgeous that thing is.

Holy shit that dress. And I've always thought she was beautiful, but she and the dress only accentuate and make each other look better. I've never seen her more gorgeous, and never in my life seen a more breathtaking dress.

... wat.

Yeah, it's both (on the one hand) problematic, and (on the other) not too productive for the country itself. With birth rates declining, and the elderly population increasing, it is increasingly more important to replenish the pool of young people, and as such, speaks to a country which ultimately has the choice…

Touche, and hoo boy is that true. My mother for instance, put the man she was married to on my birth certificate, rather than my ACTUAL father (who I look just like, you know), and consequently, legally I don't qualify to be on the roll for any tribe, yet I've got almost triple the amount of blood needed to be on the…

Preach. My country is the only one where 'anyone can represent it' racewise. Funny, I'm native american. There's a fairly distinct look.

Wouldn't it? I'm native american. I'd love to see this happen.

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While that's not an exact calculation, I imagine it shouldn't take more than a few hours to create an accurate one. However, that answer itself already gives benefit of the doubt due to the flawed nature of the survey/study.