It's very much out of favor to judge politicians and others by their fidelity to their spouses. We are to believe that the obligations of one spouse to another is privately negotiated, can be of infinite variety and is none of my business. I am allowed to have no expectations on a person based on his or her marital status. There is one g…
It's very much out of favor to judge politicians and others by their fidelity to their spouses. We are to believe that the obligations of one spouse to another is privately negotiated, can be of infinite variety and is none of my business. I am allowed to have no expectations on a person based on his or her marital status. There is one group of people for whom marriage is binding: all the rest of us. The taxpayer and the regulated employer is legally required to provide and structure benefits for spouses, and his objection to a marriage for any reason does not relieve him of this obligation. In short, marriage bind everyone except the married.
It's very much out of favor to judge politicians and others by their fidelity to their spouses. We are to believe that the obligations of one spouse to another is privately negotiated, can be of infinite variety and is none of my business. I am allowed to have no expectations on a person based on his or her marital status. There is one group of people for whom marriage is binding: all the rest of us. The taxpayer and the regulated employer is legally required to provide and structure benefits for spouses, and his objection to a marriage for any reason does not relieve him of this obligation. In short, marriage bind everyone except the married.