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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Also expect them to argue that self defense laws don't apply to women against their husbands.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a great way to make sure the number of marriages plummets even faster than it already has been

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Next after that is "legalized discrimination against the unmarried".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We already have that. You can spend your entire life in a loving relationship with somebody and still not have rights to medical information, power of attorney, or any of the numerous tax benefits that come along with marriage

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Not to mention car insurance pricing.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"arguing that it has harmed men and even destroyed the fabric of society."

Ahh yes, the injustice of the millennium. Abusive, asshole men can't keep their wives against their will...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Last year, the popular right-wing podcaster Steven Crowder announced his own unwilling split. “My then-wife decided that she didn’t want to be married anymore,” he complained, “and in the state of Texas, that is completely permitted.”

I mean, women only exist to be owned by their husbands, after all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

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