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Re: Religious Group Files a Lawsuit Against North Carolina's Gay Marriage Ban
Eliminate the estate tax. Does that solve the problem?
Under current Civil Marriage law it doesn't' have to be. A spouse inherits property with no tax consequences.
Something that exists as a function of legal recognition of Civil Marriage, you can't write a "contract" that performs the same function. For example Estate Tax law provides that a spouse that inherits a home can sell that home and still claim the $500,000 exemption on profit in the sale even though the individual is single and would normally only be able to claim $250,000 as an exemption.
Eliminate the estate tax. Does that solve the problem?