“At its best, it is a stable bond between two individuals who work to create a loving household and a social and economic partnership.”
Let’s stop here. What has he conveniently omitted? This is where he goes wrong. It is not a bond between two individuals, it is two becoming one flesh in marriage. Where there are two, now there is one, together, where the man and woman cleave to one another.
“It transforms two individuals into a union based on shared aspirations, and in doing so establishes a formal investment in the well-being of society.”
Shared aspirations? But dear sir, that is not what binds a husband and wife together. This is the problem. The problem is that marriage is not properly understood. Marriage is not the union of two individuals bonded by shared aspirations, but it is the union of a man and a woman by flesh.
If we were to recognise that shared aspirations were sufficient to form a marital bond, this is a fundamental shift in the meaning and concept of what marriage is, and what it ought to be.
I guess I have a different interpretation of the "two become one" part of the marriage ceremony. I used to think as you did, but then it dawned on me that it is about procreation.
My husband and I are two, and then we became one and her name is Erin. My husband and I are two and then we became one and her name is Kerry.
Sometimes I sit alone and serious thoughts will occur to me, and this was one of them. I am sure that those of you who know your Bible inside out will have an argument for me; but, this interpretation seems to fit better for me.
Why "two" individuals, Ted? What is so special about "two"? Why not three, four, or even twenty?
There's a profound truth about the number "two" in this context. Are you smart enough to see it, to understand it, Ted?
Hint: it's about how two become one and then three. And two boys or two girls can't get it done you ignorant jackass, Ted.
“At its best, it is a stable bond between two individuals who work to create a loving household and a social and economic partnership.”The Marxists always argue economics, Ayn Rand pointed this out.
The fascists in the legal profession only care about their love of money. This is a welfare program for the pervert lawyers who think they will make big bank on faggot divorces.
The whole point about marriage is CHILDREN - raising the next generation of citizens. Yes, some will either not have kids or not want to have kids, but the institution is based on raising kids.
You cannot create kids homosexually...