Denial of choice

The British government is once again unacceptably meddling in the private lives of its citizenry. In yet another example of the fascism of liberalism, the government's politically correct mindset is gearing up to change the law to automatically consider any cohabitants legally married if they live together for at least two years, regardless of gender.

It's nice to see that government doesn't trust its citizens to make basic and fundamental choices about their own lives. if a couple wants to get married, they'll get married and it's no place for the government to step in and force the choice upon them. If they don't want to marry, that's certainly none of the government's business.

What's more, the proposal doesn't seem to make any further determinations as to whether there is a relationship or not, implying that roommates will take advantage of the situation in ways that are unintended. If you move in with a friend and live together for two years, you're suddenly entitled to half of his stuff? What's that?

The worst part is that this is making marriage an "opt-out" situation, literally. To not be held as part of this, you have to legally opt-out of the arrangement. What sort of society are we living in when the government's default is that if you live together for two years, you are legally joined for life?

Cohabitants set for same rights as married couples
The Independent

Unmarried couples could gain similar financial rights to those who are married under conclusive proposals released today by the Law Commission. The commission provides legal advise to Parliament which has a strong record of being implemented.

The rules - under which one partner could share in the other's wealth or financial support - would apply to couples who have shared a child, or lived together for more than two years.

Stuart Bridge, of the Law Commissions, said: "More and more families involve couples who are living together but who are not married. The law that currently applies to resolve property disputes between such couples on separation is unclear and complicated, and it can produce unfair outcomes. This causes serious hard-ship not only to the co-habitants themselves, but also to their children."