ManusJustus said:
I think a lot of fundamentalist Christians think that by not allowing other types of marriages they are somehow making up for all the pre-marital sex, adultry, and divorces that is so common with modern marriage. I'm tempted to argue marriage isnt that important anymore. Whats the difference between living with someone and having a baby with them AND marrying someone, having a baby, and having a full pre-nuptial agreement? |
Well, beyond the ceremony and the ecenomic/legal coupling of two people there really isn't any huge difference. Hence why de-facto marriages exist. I agree it isn't hugely important anymore. It functions more as a part of our culture then anything else. People get married because people get married (barring any other religious reasons obviously). But since such emphasis has been placed on marriage I think that its relevance to the modern way of life isn't really the point. If one group of people are doing it, others that have different sexualities should be allowed to aswell. Its pretty simple really.
I think marriage can be religious, if you're a religious person. But being a person of no faith I can get married aswell. Why can I get married when I'm not religious and gay people can't? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Because I don't believe in God I should be barred from marriage aswell, at least then the laws of the land would be enforced evenly.
