DOMA and Prop 8. Both History.

[kandrathe]

That's been my main thing. Age of Consent, nothing Incestual (since there is valid medical evidence that it's a bad idea), and keep the government out of it at that point.

The mistake the federal or state governments made was creating law codes favoring marriage. Some of them discriminate as if spouses are all frail widowers, and other discriminate in that all child bearing exists within marriage.

We need to re-rationalize the laws where children's parent(s) are favored, if they need to be, and spousal inheritance is taxed, if it needs to be. Help the impoverished, and save the family farms -- keep the family business in the family, etc.

The case striking down DOMA is ironic for the 99 percenters since the plaintiff sued to recover over $500,000 in taxes from a $1.3 million dollar estate. Yes, it is not fair that Edith Windsor had to pay, whereas she wouldn't had she been married to a man, but, then again, is it fair for rich people to avoid estate taxes -- when the working stiff gets stuck with the highest taxes. Estates and capital gains get all the breaks.

The parts of DOMA that were most unfair were related to emigration, and federal spousal accommodations (as in they would take care of some, but not all - even when the people were recognized by their state).

But, for income taxes, well, welcome to the married filing jointly penalty.