A bankrupt idea.Ramesh Ponnuru's "Option Four" (June June: see month. 6) made some good points, especially in advocating the equal treatment of all non-married people who share a home and are financially interdependent in·ter·de·pen·dent adj. Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" , whether or not their relationships are sexual. But I do have a problem with granting "civil unions" official legal status, out of fear that this may eventually result in government's requiring all employers to provide to such non-married couples the pension and health benefits that are currently provided only to married couples. The same goes for Social Security benefits. These changes would advance the bankruptcy bankruptcy, in law, settlement of the liabilities of a person or organization wholly or partially unable to meet financial obligations. The purposes are to distribute, through a court-appointed receiver, the bankrupt's assets equitably among creditors and, in most date of Social Security by years, and impose enormous benefit costs on all public and private employers. Married couples provide a significant contribution to society through the procreation PROCREATION. The generation of children; it is an act authorized by the law of nature: one of the principal ends of marriage is the procreation of children. Inst. tit. 2, in pr. and education of children, making possible the continuation of the human race. This is why societies have for eons given them special benefits and recognition. Frank J. Russo Jr. Port Washington Port Washington, uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,387), Nassau co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on the north shore of Long Island and Manhasset Bay. There is extensive manufacturing, much of it reflecting the region's past association with the aircraft and aerospace , N.Y. |
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