im going crazy you have GOT to decouple romance/amatonormativity and marriage in your mind. you have GOT to understand that marriage is a legal document that protects you from exploitation especially if you are a woman or a stay-at-home anything. it is not some evil unique to heterosexual people. it is a legal document that says ‘this is who i want in my hospital room when i die, this is who i want to have my stuff when i die, THIS PERSON OWES ME RECOMPENSE IF THEY KICK ME OUT OF THE HOUSE I LIVE IN"
You are not immune to being taken advantage of by your partner if you are queer. do not wind up homeless because your garbage live-ins name is on the lease and they decided to drop you like hot coals.
You know what’s worse than divorce? Having to divide property and custody without rules and a ref. And that’s in addition to OPs point about things being treated as shared property or children only belonging to one person on paper.
Marriage?
That thing I can’t have because the US government will cut my disability benefits so severely I won’t be able to stay housed?
That basic legal protection disabled people are barred from freely accessing?
There is a reason it is a right people try to prevent others from accessing. It’s incredibly important.
amhrancas 