VitroBahllee said:
I love the people who believe that nobody got married before their religion. They seem to honestly believe that cultures that never came into contact with Christianity don't have marriage ceremonies. That the concept of marriage doesn't predate their religion of choice, be it Islam, Christianity, or Judaism, by thousands and thousands of years. Newsflash: it's not a uniquely Christian idea. My wife and I are atheists, and we got married in a secular manner. That doesn't offend you? Then why should same sex marriage? And even if it does offend you, why should my wife and I, or same sex married couples, give a flying crap how you feel? |
Now this argument is a good argument. Obviously this point should be taken into consideration - that marriage is a univeral institution and not solely dependent on religion. But we do take that argument into consideration and point still stands that the religious marriage must have a unique feature or else it's not a proper marriage. The woman-man exclusivity it's in its inherent nature and you must discriminate (in the neutral sense of the word) to fullfill that requirement.
Like I said, the Swedish model. Address the Swedish model for marriage and partnership. Apparently our authorities did "give a crap".
