[JRandomFreeper]

Ummm. Yes, actually, the Church (as the body of Christ) does own marriage.

The state was a late in picking up that bit of booty. I think Henry VIII had something to do with that.

/johnny

[ansel12]

Marriage predates Christianity.

[EnglishCon]

Aye, odd to think that if one man could have simply kept it in his pants and not been obsessed with a male heir that things would be hugely different today.