MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE

[Minimalist]

Matrimony did not become a major thing with the fucking church until the late Middle Ages.  I guess that was when they figured they could make a few more bucks off the populace!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_%...rly_period

The medieval Christian church, taking the lead of Augustine, developed the sacramental understanding of matrimony. However, even at this stage the Catholic Church did not consider the sacraments equal in importance.[34][35][36] Marriage has never been considered either to be one of the sacraments of Christian initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist) or of those that confer a character (Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders).[37]

With the development of sacramental theology, marriage was included in the select seven to which the term "sacrament" was applied. Explicit classification of marriage in this way came in reaction to the contrary teaching of Catharism that marriage and procreation are evil: the first official declaration that marriage is a sacrament was made at the 1184 Council of Verona as part of a condemnation of the Cathars.

With the church one should always abide by the maxim:  In any crime, follow the money!