RE: Do you believe in marriage?
October 20, 2012 at 7:11 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2012 at 7:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Minor nitpick, the "era of matriarchy" is itself a notion that has collapsed.
Agreements or arrangements between mating partners do seem to have existed for some time (though the specifics can be quite divergent). Marriage -as we understand or practice it- is just another one of those arrangements. It's not really much of a permanent situation and it does have a whole hell of alot to do with property, ownership, inheritence, and legal rights (for example, the right to act in the interests of the spouse with regards to medical care..or hell..visit the spouse, try to get into an ICU as a "friend").
Regardless of whether or not I believe in marriage, every morning I wake up married...so no belief required. I suppose it just doesn't mean to me what it might mean to others. My spouse and I have a relationship (which is the thing I'm fond of) and we have a marriage (which is a legal contract).
Agreements or arrangements between mating partners do seem to have existed for some time (though the specifics can be quite divergent). Marriage -as we understand or practice it- is just another one of those arrangements. It's not really much of a permanent situation and it does have a whole hell of alot to do with property, ownership, inheritence, and legal rights (for example, the right to act in the interests of the spouse with regards to medical care..or hell..visit the spouse, try to get into an ICU as a "friend").
Regardless of whether or not I believe in marriage, every morning I wake up married...so no belief required. I suppose it just doesn't mean to me what it might mean to others. My spouse and I have a relationship (which is the thing I'm fond of) and we have a marriage (which is a legal contract).
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