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Cake day: September 15th, 2023

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  • In addition to that, having kids, crossing international borders and moving to different countries are also things where marriage gives benefits.

    And in some jurisdictions, there can be very significant tax advantages.

    Which is why there was always a big fight for marriage equality.

    But if you don’t want all these legal benefits, then co-habiting is fine.













  • Thanks for the effort post with great tips!

    I would also really recommend having a physical community near you, not just online contacts.

    I would even go so far as to say: join a progressive protestant church It’s not a silver bullet, but the fascists in the US are Christian Nationalists and some of them will hesitate to mistreat a Christian. And some of them will feel an obligation towards a Christian.

    This is a big part of why Martin Luther King wasn’t killed earlier. The thugs in the 50s had no problem persecuting “godless heathens” in the McCarthy era, but black Christians were Christians.

    And yes, they were also mistreated, but it would have been much worse if they had been atheist or communist.

    Fascists divide the world very black and white. Us v. Them

    Looking like them provides a survival advantage.