I support civil unions that give the legal status to same sex couples as heterosexual couples.
Also I see inheritance tax as an abuse of governmental power and should not exist for anyone.
I'm good with this. In fact I think social security survivor benefits should go to a chosen beneficiary rather than the beneficiaries chosen by the state. I know my mother hated the idea of her current husband getting anything and she hoped to outlive him so he wouldn't get anything.
My mother would have divorced the guy years ago but again the federal and state governments interfered and created a situation that kept them married and estranged for nearly 20 years. Michigan's no fault divorce law means my mother would have forced her to sell everything she owned and give him half. (The man never had a job or paid a bill the whole time they were married and he robbed her blind to pawn things off to get high).
The state again steps in where they don't belong and dictates that the spouse gets 1/3 despite my mother's will saying he deserves nothing. Fortunately he has managed to screw himself with his excitement to seize everything and has likely lost any right to the rest that he had.
Point being, these problems are all rooted in the state interference (And my mother marrying a turd)
