Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
Except marriage has all of those already bundled together for twenty ****ing dollars and a ten minute appointment (amounts may vary by state). And many of the irreplaceable rights and benefits are irreplaceable because they're pretty much a courtesy that exist solely for married people (again, the three quick and easy, near-universal benefits previously listed).

Even assuming the absolute best intentions, the solution is to recreate a worse version with more complexity when a simple version that is more robust already exists and has centuries of legal precedent behind it.
No one is saying anything about replacement.

"Divorce it from these things" is not "get rid of these things.

It's "there should be other ways to get these things."