This week has compelled me to do a lot of thinking about marriage! As nearly everyone in the U.S.ofA is now aware, there have been arguments heard in the Supreme Court in regards to marriage equality that could very well shape the way the whole country views and honors "marriage". With this excitement comes a great deal of backlash from those supporting "traditional" marriage. While the obvious explanation of this statement would be that of the uniting of one man and one woman in Holy matrimony, being the skeptic that I am, I can't help but wonder and reflect upon the actual origins of marriage.
Those who argue that the "traditional" definition of marriage stems from the Word of God, seem to have overlooked the many many scriptures that reference marriage and under what circumstances one should be formed. Gone are the days, friends, when we have to marry our cousin or worse yet, sibling, because that was standard protocol for those who lived thousands, even hundreds of years ago.
Women, at least in the USA, no longer have to offer their prospective spouse a dowry for doing them the "honor" of putting a ring on it! Men are no longer bound by the law of God to honor their rape victims by bringing them before the altar and entering into wedded "bliss". We no longer have to depend on our parents to choose a suitable spouse for us. The *majority* of men no longer feel the need to juggle multiple wives.
Instead, what has happened to marriage is infidelity, abuse, and ultimately divorce. THIS is your tradition? I'm not one to quote statistics because I'm no statistician and I don't like to be proven wrong ;), HOWEVER, from all I've read, I'm gathering that no less than 50% of marriages these days involve one if not all of the aforementioned "obstacles".
When you put it all into perspective, the idea of loving partners who have spent the best years of their lives together in long term relationships, causing no harm to anyone, doesn't seem so "foul", now does it?
Inquiring minds want to know, when you say you stand behind "traditional" marriage, of which variety do you speak?
Those who argue that the "traditional" definition of marriage stems from the Word of God, seem to have overlooked the many many scriptures that reference marriage and under what circumstances one should be formed. Gone are the days, friends, when we have to marry our cousin or worse yet, sibling, because that was standard protocol for those who lived thousands, even hundreds of years ago.
Women, at least in the USA, no longer have to offer their prospective spouse a dowry for doing them the "honor" of putting a ring on it! Men are no longer bound by the law of God to honor their rape victims by bringing them before the altar and entering into wedded "bliss". We no longer have to depend on our parents to choose a suitable spouse for us. The *majority* of men no longer feel the need to juggle multiple wives.
Instead, what has happened to marriage is infidelity, abuse, and ultimately divorce. THIS is your tradition? I'm not one to quote statistics because I'm no statistician and I don't like to be proven wrong ;), HOWEVER, from all I've read, I'm gathering that no less than 50% of marriages these days involve one if not all of the aforementioned "obstacles".
When you put it all into perspective, the idea of loving partners who have spent the best years of their lives together in long term relationships, causing no harm to anyone, doesn't seem so "foul", now does it?
Inquiring minds want to know, when you say you stand behind "traditional" marriage, of which variety do you speak?
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