Has marriage become so meaningless that anyone could marry anything?

Marriage should be between a man and a woman. If two dudes or two dykes want to be together that's fine, but they shouldn't be joined leagally in an unholy holy ceremony at a church.Has marriage become so meaningless that anyone could marry anything?
Customs that have been working well for thousands of years suddenly are thought to need changing. Not only marriage, but what constitutes a family is being questioned. It it ain't broke don't fix it and quite trying to get everyone to embrace their new age ideas. By the way I agree with you.Has marriage become so meaningless that anyone could marry anything?
At its core, marriage is just a very very formal contract. Its legal purpose is for legitimacy of offspring, common ownership of property, and to insure intestate succession. Religious marriage (which is also a contract, but not civilly recognized) should not be confused with a legal civil marriage.





The rules have changed considerably over the centuries. Many marriages were once arranged and the parties never even lived together. Then there is common law marriage, where they live together, but do not formalize it with a legal document.





At one time, marriage was denied to any couple which could not produce children, whether due to age, sterility or physical infirmity. They also denied it to couples of different races and religions and in many countries they still do.





If you are legally capable of making a contract, you should be able to marry, but I don't know why homosexual couples should care if they call it a civil union, as long as it has the same legal effect. It took centuries to develop these laws and they can't be expected to be changed overnight.
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For one thing, this debate is about legal recognition of marriage, not church recognition of marriage. Several religions are already happily marrying gay couples.





For another thing, it is good to see SOMEONE is enthusiastic about the institution of marriage. I think the large numbers young teens who pop out kids and say they aren't ';ready for marriage'; are much more of a threat to the institution than the handful of gay couples.





Go yell at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
The wont have to by married at a church. The law can not compel a church to marry them. They can get married by a justice of the peace or a notary. Will it hurt you if the two dudes and two dykes get married?
Straight people are what made marriage meaningless. 50% divorce rate. How holy of us.





Marriage is done by the state, by the way. A marriage in a church without a license isn't a marriage.
That would be for the church to decide. I for one fail to see why anyone at all, straight or gay, cares for the approval of an outdated institution based on a Bronze Age myth.
Marriage isn't about love or meaning. It is about protecting the children and the home carer from being abandoned. If anything, we should be making marriage more stringent,
I don't see how that makes marriage meaningless. As long as it's still about love, it has meaning.
i think we can say that once interspecies relationships are legal

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