NO. Married people are MASSIVELY advantaged financially, just for being married. In the U.S, there are more than 1,000 laws that benefit and protect ONLY people who are legally married, and that’s just at the federal level. There are many other policies and practices that favor them. Here are a whole series of articles on that matter: http://www.belladepaulo.com/2014/01/getting-married-and-getting-more-money/