RT: The Berlin youth wing of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suggested abolishing marriage in Germany in favor of cohabiting partnerships.
At present, marriage enjoys constitutional protection under Article 6 of the Basic Law.
The motion titled 'Down with the patriarchy, even if it feels romantic' was presented late last month ahead of a conference of the SPD's Berlin branch scheduled for May 8 to May 9. According to the Berlin Young Socialists (Jusos), marriage is a key institution of patriarchy that secures the "oppression of women by cis-men" and "restricts freedom and self-determination through its claim to permanence."
"Marriage serves the chauvinistic, capitalist nation-state as an instrument for enforcing misogynistic, anti-queer, classist, and racist policies," the proposal argues.



