(February 23, 2011 at 4:29 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I don't see how it is a loophole at all... they made a deal and perform accordingly. A marriage can be entirely political, you know... there are such things as 'consorts'.
Excellent point.
Might I point out that marriage originally was akin to a property swap and alliance, all rolled into one. Women were, of course, the property.
The roots of an institution yield much in the understanding of what marriage was and is now.
