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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
That was my point.
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I can also pass a law, with appropriate support, banning all Muslims from entering the USA. It doesn't mean that the law is right or will stand up in a court of law.
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Originally Posted by water_bug
I used to feel that way too. Now, -I don't know- I guess I am begining to think differently. Thses days people usually live together before they are married, and then get married. I always though -what's the difference now? Nothing has changed except a last name maybe. But now I think the idea of marriage is more romantic than practical. It's making this momumental coomitment to another person offical, and it parades it around in front of others so to tell everyone "See, I love this person so I don't try anything."
I am not married so maybe my view is naive, but to me it is very romantic. And that too me is the basis of why anyone should be allowed to marry whomever they like.
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My wife and I were married just over 13 years ago. We had a ceremony with about 100 people in attendence. We didn't sign any license. We didn't take any vows before a deity. Nonetheless, we consider ourselves in every way but the legal or religious definition, married.
The ceremony of marriage. The decision to commit yourself to another *is* a big decision. What the government has to do with was and continues to be, beyond me. I don't understand it.
We both felt that it was enough to tell our friends and family that we were married and to have a celebration to commemorate that committment.
(interestingly, my wife and I are getting married at city hall this Friday. Because we immigrating to Singapore and Singapore doesn't recognize common-law marriage we need documentation to show we are married. The neccessity of this action annoys the hell out of me...)