Quote:But why should the government recognize and/or reward that?
Because when you lose all the "sacred," lovey-dovey, horseshit marriage is a legal contract between two people which is enforceable or dissolved in a court of law. Getting these fucking preachers to get their noses out of everyone's business would be a great start.
Most people don't know that this is a late addition to the metric fucktons of catholic bullshit which were dumped on Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_%2...lic_Church
Quote:The Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 had already stated in response to the teaching of the Cathars: "For not only virgins and the continent but also married persons find favour with God by right faith and good actions and deserve to attain to eternal blessedness."[39] Marriage was also included in the list of the seven sacraments at the Second Council of Lyon in 1274 as part of the profession of faith required of Michael VIII Palaiologos. The sacraments of marriage and holy orders were distinguished as sacraments that aim at the "increase of the Church" from the other five sacraments, which are intended for the spiritual perfection of individuals. The Council of Florence in 1439 again recognised marriage as a sacrament.[37][40]
And a fairly late addition, at that!
