This is a repost of something that I was worked up about three years ago. I thought I would repost it, cause I got all worked up about it again last week:
Did you know that up until the early 1980's married women in Louisiana were still considered property of their husbands. Similar to a good acre of land, probably some women were good property, high dollar, lots of great extras and had a good re-sale value and some were probably the opposite, but they were all property of their husband. I can think of no better reason NOT to get married. That law is no more.
Hundreds of years ago marriage was simply a design of the wealthy class, the political class to create contracts between families/countries to hopefully reduce conflict between families/countries in matters of property, boundaries, trade, etc. Apparently the guys would get together talk, smoke and drink, pull each others fingers and come to some rousing agreement, then trade wives on it. Not unlike what is done today.
The church assimulated marriage as another way to provide God yet one more thing that he has to ok before the world will recognize it. I am sure God would be happy to delegate this authority as he seems to have plenty to do. So there we have it, marriage is a religious ceremony between two people and the church has decided that they will make their marriages more meaningful by getting God to ok it.
There is a tremendous amount of time, money and energy today being spent "in defense of marriage". I am not sure people even know what they are defending. Still yet I am not sure why anyone other than someone who cares what the church thinks would want to GET married. Well the reason is the "state" has provided special privaleges to people who get married. We have, in effect created a society of Sneetches with stars on their bellys and Sneetches with no stars on their bellys. In addition, we have apparently created a means to remove stars very easily if necessary. Apparently Dr. Suess hit the nail right on the head.
Divorce rates are soaring and states have created small businesses around easy divorce. Domestic violence is incredibly high. Infidelity is rampant. It would seem to me that all those concerned with "defending marriage" and "focusing on the family" might want to go after these other items as well as gays desiring marriage.
Society changes their ideas of right and wrong over time. Interracial marriages, polygamy and underaged marriages have all seen their acceptance change over time and it is likely that the concept of marriage will also evolve (Oops, I should not have brought evolution into this. That is another topic, for another time.). The concept that laws defending marriage as between a man and a women are somehow protecting children, preserving the reproductive needs of the earth are tragic. If every household that wants to protect children would take in just ONE foster child then we would have something. If we could just STOP reproducing then we would not have the gross strain on our earth resources that will eventually send us to hell.
Five states have approved gay marriage. Countries all over the world have approved gay marriage. Gay marriage is eventually going to happen. The real problem of the intersection and paralleling of church and state that created the desire among the unwashed, same sexes to get married in the first place will probably go unaddressed. No worries.
Did you know that up until the early 1980's married women in Louisiana were still considered property of their husbands. Similar to a good acre of land, probably some women were good property, high dollar, lots of great extras and had a good re-sale value and some were probably the opposite, but they were all property of their husband. I can think of no better reason NOT to get married. That law is no more.
Hundreds of years ago marriage was simply a design of the wealthy class, the political class to create contracts between families/countries to hopefully reduce conflict between families/countries in matters of property, boundaries, trade, etc. Apparently the guys would get together talk, smoke and drink, pull each others fingers and come to some rousing agreement, then trade wives on it. Not unlike what is done today.
The church assimulated marriage as another way to provide God yet one more thing that he has to ok before the world will recognize it. I am sure God would be happy to delegate this authority as he seems to have plenty to do. So there we have it, marriage is a religious ceremony between two people and the church has decided that they will make their marriages more meaningful by getting God to ok it.
There is a tremendous amount of time, money and energy today being spent "in defense of marriage". I am not sure people even know what they are defending. Still yet I am not sure why anyone other than someone who cares what the church thinks would want to GET married. Well the reason is the "state" has provided special privaleges to people who get married. We have, in effect created a society of Sneetches with stars on their bellys and Sneetches with no stars on their bellys. In addition, we have apparently created a means to remove stars very easily if necessary. Apparently Dr. Suess hit the nail right on the head.
Divorce rates are soaring and states have created small businesses around easy divorce. Domestic violence is incredibly high. Infidelity is rampant. It would seem to me that all those concerned with "defending marriage" and "focusing on the family" might want to go after these other items as well as gays desiring marriage.
Society changes their ideas of right and wrong over time. Interracial marriages, polygamy and underaged marriages have all seen their acceptance change over time and it is likely that the concept of marriage will also evolve (Oops, I should not have brought evolution into this. That is another topic, for another time.). The concept that laws defending marriage as between a man and a women are somehow protecting children, preserving the reproductive needs of the earth are tragic. If every household that wants to protect children would take in just ONE foster child then we would have something. If we could just STOP reproducing then we would not have the gross strain on our earth resources that will eventually send us to hell.
Five states have approved gay marriage. Countries all over the world have approved gay marriage. Gay marriage is eventually going to happen. The real problem of the intersection and paralleling of church and state that created the desire among the unwashed, same sexes to get married in the first place will probably go unaddressed. No worries.
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