In what appears to be a new twist in the debate over traditional values, Regulatory Czar, Cass Sunstein, has an interesting proposal.
He wrote in one of his many radical books that he feels ‘marriage’ infringes upon the rights of singles and therefore should no longer be state sanctioned.
Many Americans have gotten use to the liberals calls for same-sex marriage. These same people may be put-off by this new far left proposal, that instead of expanding marriage to include same-sex couples, actually will end the idea of state sanctioned marriage for all people, straight or gay.
The choice on the table for liberals would appear to be taking shape.
Part of the political left embraces the concept of marriage for both straight & gay, while a fringe is emerging on the left that believes we should abandon all state sanctioned marriage.
It could simply be a way for the left to make their views on gay marriage more palpable to average Americans.
The left may hope that if Americans are faced with the choice of granting marriage equality for everyone or no one, they will chose “everyone” & ensure acceptance and passage of gay marriage nationwide.
Marriage discriminates against single people, bringing the latter “serious” disadvantages, argued Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s regulatory czar.
“Official marriage licenses also have the unfortunate consequence of dividing the world into the status of those who are ‘married’ and those who are ‘single,‘ in a way that produces serious economic and material disadvantages, “ wrote Sunstein and co-author Richard Thaler in their 2008 book, “Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness.“
“Many of these economic and material inequalities (brought about by marriage) are difficult to defend,“ Sunstein wrote. “Private relationships, intimate and otherwise, might be structured in many different ways, and the simple dichotomy between ‘single’ and ‘married’ does not do justice to what people might choose.“
“Under our proposal, the word marriage would no longer appear in any laws, and marriage licenses would no longer be offered or recognized by any level of government,“ wrote Sunstein.
Sunstein slammed current government recognition of marriage as “an official license scheme.“
“When the state grants marriage it gives both maternal and symbolic benefits to the couples it recognizes. But why combine the two functions? And what is added by the term marriage?“ he asked.
Sunstein explained terminating the issuance of state marriage contracts would not affect the commitments of those in the “partnership.“
