bacci,"I argue that marriage has become meaningless in a legal sense so should therefore be removed from the legal sphere (government) and be carried on in the moral sphere (Churches or voluntary clubs)."
marriage is far more complex legally than we would expect. Also it it the legal recognition of a relationship.
To downgrade it to the status of the legality of a baptism or club membership would make marriage meaningless.
Just say marriage was totally removed from society.
We would invent another form of the same thing to demonstrate a relationship.
