gondath

The establishment I was referring to is the current state of laws. On that issue, you're nitpicking. You never did address my point. Why is marriage such a big deal, since these people are already living together and screwing anyways? Are they looking for tax breaks? What is it? It seems to me to be a cry for attention and a need to force other people to give validity to their lifestyle.

Furthermore, marriage itself is a pretty much a social construct. Maybe it needs a bit of definition to keep people from marrying sheep, etc. As to the love part or the social progress part, that's laughable. I don't believe in either. Society hasn't advanced past Roman times, and love is fading like belief in God, but you're free to believe in either. Thankfully, delusion isn't a crime.