|
So James,
I can't decide whether your post was too clinical or too cynical.
There are a couple of other reasons beyond financial, paternal/maternal, and lack of self confidence or esteem to get married. The institution and family matters it represents are battered, but still worthwhile.
In some cases people really do (dare I say it?) love each other. Or at least enjoy each other enough to think they would like to spend their lives with each other. To many of them, fidelity is extremely important. Is there something wrong with that? Seems to me it's a reasonable thing to strive for.
As for your reference to gay couples, I suspect there aren't more gay marriages because only a couple of state recognize them. I can't disagree that some reasons are politically motivated -- but not all.
If folks don't want to commit themselves to a long lasting (let's say for life) relationship, then the points you make may be correct, but as I read most of the rest of the posts, fidelity and deeper human emotions are still important.
Thank goodness for that.
|