Nobody should ever be compelled to testify. Even the defendant has the right to remain silent, and so also should any witness.
Witness testimony isn't even a net value. It's unreliable even when it isn't deliberately deceitful. Every time you remember something the memory changes and traces over it with the colors of your current mood and suspicions. Details you never saw are filled in by your imagination, while others are outright ignored. And deliberately paying attention only makes matters worse.
The government is in marriage because marriage is entangled with taxation rules. You're going to have to gut those too.
Sure, done. No marriage means no checkbox for married on your tax form. Everyone is single and checks single.
Unless they're like a conjoined twin or something.
How about court representation where someone can't be compelled to testify against their spouse?
Nobody should ever be compelled to testify. Even the defendant has the right to remain silent, and so also should any witness.
Witness testimony isn't even a net value. It's unreliable even when it isn't deliberately deceitful. Every time you remember something the memory changes and traces over it with the colors of your current mood and suspicions. Details you never saw are filled in by your imagination, while others are outright ignored. And deliberately paying attention only makes matters worse.
Fair enough. So would you be in favor of abolishing subpoenas for witness testimony entirely?