General Election 2010

They are not using it to promote "stable families" they are using it to promote marriage (with the civil-partnerships thing being nothing more than a typical Cameron "look we have changed" gesture). It is grossly unfair, not to say outdated, patronising and without any evidence at all that it will have the desired effect. I think the tax break is going to be about £150 a year; worth getting married for? Or staying married for? It is pure idealogy.

Eggzactly. Any marriage that is based on, or continues to exist because of, a £150 tax benefit is hardly going to be the ideal of familial cohesion.

Marriage is a value they believe in; one of the many values they would like to "share" with the rest of us.