> The reason the state needs to be involved in
> "chartering families" is because familial relations are important
> considerations in the resolution of legal (i.e. state) questions such
> as "who is authorized to 'pull the plug'?'" "who has hospital
> visitation rights?" "amongst whom should a dead person's estate be
> divided?" "who is entitled to child visitation rights upon a divorce?"
> and so forth.
With the possible exception of the last one, why is it any of the state's business how people decide to resolve these questions among themselves? And by what possible logic should the law require that each stem from a legally-sanctioned sexual relationship?
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."