The sanctity of marriage

[Rudey]

About money?

So people get divorced because they don't enjoy free money. In fact they hate money so much they're willing to pay on top of it to end marriages. Heck the rich marry when they have more than enough money...why? How come you don't just tie the knot with a friend for the tax breaks already james? None of you have to even see each other...you'll just enjoy the monetary benefits.

Valkyrie why do you want to get married? It's not about money obviously. You said it's because it's something nice to do...it's nice to have a piece of paper? Is it fitting in with the norm? I guess I don't understand that.

Marriage is an institution of family - plain and simple. To be fair I strongly believe in shutting down all the Vegas chapels that "cater" in marriage. I don't find the logic in couples getting married who don't even want children. So it's not just a gay vs. straight issue.

The only time I've felt scared of being around gays was in a gay bar in roscoe and only because I didn't know it was a gay bar and couldn't figure out why everyone was a guy and so many of them had their shirts off. Religiously I find it wrong and immoral to have it within my community but that is my belief and, whether or not you like it, you should respect that opinion.

-Rudey

Originally posted by James
Marriage is an economic union for the purpose of rasiing children. Anthropologically.

Shared assets shared labor etc.

Religiously its a whole different thing. . well not really but it has more mystical importance. However, at the end of the day, its still a union for the purpose of having kids.

The state has defined marriage over the years outside its religious meanings.

So the question is whether marriage is entirely secular and and is just an odd form of corporation either to raise kids or just pool assets.

In this case, it should be possible to have group marriages also because it could easily be argued that the combined assets of a group environment would exceed the assets of a nuclear family when it comes to raising kids.

As far as gays go . . . Marriage the way a lot of people are arguing it will be up to the individual churches. The state just has to make a dterminant on what the point of marriage is.

And don't think that the state has gotten involved in marriages out of respect for love. ITs money.