The best policy the Tories could introduce is a proper married couples allowance

adouglasmhor

carolt wrote: »

And it's an MSE in-joke.

Sorry to have confused you.

OK thanks I will know the next time.

adouglasmhor

carolt wrote: »

So does that make you a troll too?

Could you two start your own little thread?

I thought he did start it

Sir_Humphrey

carolt wrote: »

Could it be even shorter lived than the Major govt?

Now there's a hope.

I'd bl00dy well hope so - Major lasted 6 1/2 years!

There is an awful lot that could go wrong for the Tories in govt if they win. I think the next election is a poison chalice quite honestly.

The_White_Horse

i am the most tolerant person here.

i don't care if people are married or not. I just think that those who are married should get tax breaks and those that aren't shouldn't. simples.

The_White_Horse

robin_banks wrote: »

Tories, family values, blah blah blah. No one has yet to post evidence that a co-habiting couple are in any way less commited to each other than a married couple.

the evidence is the marriage certificate.

carolt

Don't you just get bored of winding people up?

movingforward2010

The_White_Horse wrote: »

i am the most tolerant person here.

i don't care if people are married or not. I just think that those who are married should get tax breaks and those that aren't shouldn't. simples.

your boring me now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i8change

Originally Posted by robin banks
Tories, family values, blah blah blah. No one has yet to post evidence that a co-habiting couple are in any way less commited to each other than a married couple.

"Family Stability" section on here is telling:-

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:fMSxcpVY6C8J:www.adventistinfo.org.uk/departments/familyministries/factsheet.pdf+divorce+rates+ONS&hl=en&gl=uk&sig=AFQjCNFn6jQ4Y0Rl3JyfXJqDhlGk_giGDw

Sources/references are at the bottom.

baileysbattlebus

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

Yes it would influence whether you got married. However, it would not influence whether you actually loved the person.

I am arguing that the law should be neutral between marriage or cohabitation (by allowing cohabitees the choice of civil partnerships).

Surely civil partnerships in this country are the equivalent of a marriage..

It is a legal entity, the same as marriage - it has to ended legally in a court - the same as a marriage - you can't enter a second civil partnership until the first has properly ended - the same as marriage. So what would be the difference?

baileysbattlebus

i8change wrote: »

"Family Stability" section on here is telling:-

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:fMSxcpVY6C8J:www.adventistinfo.org.uk/departments/familyministries/factsheet.pdf+divorce+rates+ONS&hl=en&gl=uk&sig=AFQjCNFn6jQ4Y0Rl3JyfXJqDhlGk_giGDw

Sources/references are at the bottom.

Thanks for that - much better than the full report from Social Justice
- which said more or less the same thing.