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Marriage should be abolished as it has become outdated, pointless, and is just religion in disguise.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?
How about I just tend to my marriage and what is right for me and my husband and you tend to your lack of marriage and what is right for you. That way no one is overly concerned about how other's live their own lives. It is a win - win and will cause you much less stress tending to your own life and not other's.
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Marriage is fine as long as you do it within your religion. The government needs to stay out of it. No tax breaks should be afforded to the married. Tax breaks for a couple's kids can stay (even though I don't like those either) - but not for marriage in-of-itself.
It's not a "magic piece of paper". Anyone who thinks that's all marriage is has the wrong idea about marriage, and I can't imagine that they came from a family unit that values marriage, or from a stable home where both parents were married. Maybe you've witnessed some nasty divorces etc. and that's why you hold your view, but marriage is not JUST a magic piece of paper.
I prefer marriage over the old convenient - "shacking up" - which doesn't foster long term familial responsibility.
When you marry you are joining families and there's a sense of permanency, when you "shack up" it's a temporary arrangement, with no responsibility and no duty to your in-laws who are legally your family when you marry etc., many times people don't marry because they don't want to have any responsibility of a long term legal or familial commitment, it's a loose arrangement that can be dissolved at any time, walk out, and it's done. With marriage you have to break those bonds legally by divorcing. With the "shacking up", just decide you're done, and so you leave - next the ex-partner has to chase you down for child support, etc.
There is nothing wrong with marriage. Some will, and some won't. If it's not for you, then don't marry. Shack up and have a "hang loose" arrangement, that could dissolve when the going gets rough or you become disinterested. Just bail.
You seem to miss the point. Should government be involved in marriage? Should marriage confer upon a straight couple special benefits? What makes that straight couple special and deserving? What makes any one couple special and deserving over other couples?
No, I hold my position that if we truly want a separation of religion and government, government should stay out of marriage.
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?
Geez, they grow you people like weeds. The literal bastardization of the nation is truly astounding, hats off to our education system and our Hollywood, pop entertainment culture.
Geez, they grow you people like weeds. The literal bastardization of the nation is truly astounding, hats off to our education system and our Hollywood, pop entertainment culture.
Since when was the United States in Southeast Asia? Hats off ot our education system, indeed.
You seem to miss the point. Should government be involved in marriage? Should marriage confer upon a straight couple special benefits? What makes that straight couple special and deserving? What makes any one couple special and deserving over other couples?
No, I hold my position that if we truly want a separation of religion and government, government should stay out of marriage.
Marriage is not about religion, don't be a useful idiot.
Marriage is not about religion, don't be a useful idiot.
Thank you?
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.
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