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Anyway, marriage has always been about religion. That we define it as one man and one women has nothing to do with nature, but has come from societal norms informed by religious texts.
Whaaaat? Getting married in a church is a recent phenomenon! Used to be everyone had a nice secular ceremony at country club.
As a legal institution? Absolutely. The government has no business in marriage.
I love and respect marriage, but feel that there are too many problems currently and more will be coming based upon government interference in marriage.
Yep get the state out of it. You are forced to sign a contract that they can alter at any time they want without your consent that you have to abide to.
Marriage should be abolished as it has become outdated, pointless, and is just religion in disguise.
What purpose does it have?
Those that want partners and family can still have them but sans 'magic piece of paper'
No real difference here.
Let's abolish this quaint old system.
agree?
Better not ask ex wives. They make out quite well by getting married and then working the divorce system to their benefit. That system is stacked against men, and women are not going to let that go so easily.
Yep get the state out of it. You are forced to sign a contract that they can alter at any time they want without your consent that you have to abide to.
How is that? I never heard of that.. The state can alter my contract and force me to do what?
It is important to remember that whatever marriage means romantically or religiously, it is first and foremost a LEGAL relationship. Even if marriage were abolished,--i.e. ceased to have any formal legal meaning--long-term relationships that ran aground would still lead to contentious legal battles. For example, what rights of visitation with children would partners have if they split up? Marriage at least presents a legal framework for settling such disputes, even if the process often gets ugly. Abolishing legal marriage would lead to chaos unless some other framework were erected in its place.
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