The reason for state sponsored marriage is to give guarantees to all involved.
It ensures the woman that her husband will be legally obligated to care for her and her children.
But since some here think women no longer need be cared for and protected by men, that negates one reason to have marriage.
And since some here think DNA testing can assign responsibility, that negates another reason to have marriage.
Legal marriage also served to protect men from accusations of rape.
But since we have created a crime of rape within marriage, whe have negated that reason for marriage.
Marriage also helps to decide who inherits what, but we have wills to perform that function.
So you tell me why we should continue to get married?
According to your liberalized and sexual-revoltuionized beliefs, there are no practical reasons for the state to sponsor marriage any longer.
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Whether it was a tiny tribe,or a small community, of an Empire, society and what you'd like to call THE STATE, or whatever, has always and EVER been involved in marriages. Religions and especially Christianity, were not all that much involved in marriages much, except for Judaism.
Marriage, is and has always been one of the central conscripts of RIGHTS OF PASSAGE. And the reason that formal wedding ceremonies, even if they were only for one year and a day, as was the case in ancient British Isles "handfastings", were performed IN PUBLIC and with witnesses, so that the couple would be recognized as belonging to each other.
Though, truth to tell, in Medieval times, there were men who gave girls woven grass rings, promise, "before God" ( in a field, or such ) that they were "their husbands" and then, when they'd had their way, left the girl and almost said "nyaaaaaaaaaaaaa nyaaaaaaaaaaa...I didn't mean it" .
Until very recent time, marriages, even between the poor, were NOT for love, but to strengthen land and/or property holdings, some kind of alliances, and the like. Marriage also makes for a stable society and should be a protector of women and children, keeping the "state"/ government/community from being responsible for the children and in ancient Israel, widows.
It has been proven that married men live longer than unmarried men do, BTW. So, your life expectancy and happiness quotient, are extremely low, dear.