>>I personally don't care who marries what, but I don't see how the tax preferences and other benefits that go to married couples make sense any more, if they ever did.
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>If the one out of work/poor partner receives less subsidy if the other partner is wealthy, it does make sense... That said, I'd prefer tax preferences to target raising kids instead of marriage.

The tax laws here for married vs single people it a fine example of stupidity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_penalty
Lucky for me I've managed to dodge the married-bullet thus far hehe so I don't have to worry about it.