PHIL 27 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Claudia Card, Gay Divorce
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Gay divorce: thoughts on the legal regulation of marriage: claudia card. Marriage: recognized and regulated by the state (24: systematically ambiguous between a committed personal relationship and a legal relationship. The ideal is to deregulate, not further regulate (27: perfect regulation is not possible, law shouldn"t regulate durable intimate unions between freely consenting adults, then, the subject of legitimacy" would cease to apply (28) Some think marriage is necessary to signify eternal love for the two people, but there is always a chance of divorce; realism: good marriages are good in spite of the law, not because of it. Should try to separate the benefits of marriage from marriage itself (29) Should strive for equity in health coverage, inheritance laws, social security, and so on. However, wouldn"t be totally bad to recognize same-sex marriage. Benefits in marriage are not essential to marriage; can be made more generally available.
