There are other issues—marriage carries a bunch of legal implications which are frequently to the advantage of the married couple. Offhand, there’s hospital visitation, default inheritance, and immigration rights.
Right. Douglas_Knight seemed already to be taking direct benefits like these into account, so I was looking for indirect ones: situations where words like “spouse” never appear in a statement of policy, but social benefits from being married accrue anyway for less obvious reasons.
There are other issues—marriage carries a bunch of legal implications which are frequently to the advantage of the married couple. Offhand, there’s hospital visitation, default inheritance, and immigration rights.
Right. Douglas_Knight seemed already to be taking direct benefits like these into account, so I was looking for indirect ones: situations where words like “spouse” never appear in a statement of policy, but social benefits from being married accrue anyway for less obvious reasons.