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Marriage is about whatever the couple wants it to be about.
And that is what makes it no more than a civil union.
Marriage is about whatever the couple wants it to be about.
Marriage is about whatever the couple wants it to be about.
You may stick to your ridiculous extremist position, but nobody else is going to go for it. Marriage isn't just for children for many thousands of people. Deal with it.
And that is what makes it no more than a civil union.
Well, I have a fancy lil textbook, a credentialed and qualified instructor, and real examples stating the contrary.
You have opinion based on wishful thinking.
Nope. I'm married. If I want to have sex with my dog along with my wife, have no children, live in separate states, crossdress, stay home while my wife works, or whatever other strange things you don't approve of, I'll do them and you can take a hike if you don't like it. It's my marriage, and I didn't sign anything saying I had to do it anybody's way but mine and my wife's.
Now, if you can fathom that crazy notion, maybe you can grasp some other "radical" ideas involved in this debate.
Your rant makes it no less true that many of us do feel exactly that way.
So you can say "nobody else is going to go for it" and I can say it is a fabrication at best.
Okay man. I also have an instructor sitting here beside me, and I have real world examples. But sadly I have no lil textbook.
You win.
Makes no difference. People do many stupid things, does not make it right or a real marraige.
To claim "marriage is about whatever the couple wants it to be" is the same as claiming "your intestine is the center of your nerves system if you want it to be, your toes can see if you want them to."
Sorry, my marriage is 100% real and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
You can still interfere with gay couples, but you can't touch us. We'll do whatever the hell we want. I know that burns you up inside, that you can't control people's lives. But you can't. I'm going to have some really weird kinky sex with my wife while watching porn, just for you.
You can claim your funeral is about whatever you want it to be about, but objectively, funerals are about marking the end of life.
So you're saying that thousands and thousands of older couples will say "gee, you're right, we have no business marrying because we aren't going to have children"? And you think the rest of us who know that someday when our spouses die, or we divorce, we might also want to marry without the intention or possibility of children?
No. Sorry. That simply won't happen.
Marriage is not just about children. You can say it should be, but it's not, for millions of people.
Marriage is an artificial legal construct. You aren't born with it. It can be whatever you want it to be. I can, for instance, use my lips as a way to express intimacy with my lover (by kissing) rather than using them only for their biological purpose. Likewise, society can decide that marriage is whatever we want it to be for, and change our minds about it any time we want, and that includes letting couples decide for themselves what they want their marriage to be about.
Does not make you statement any less false. The rest has nothing to do with anything I said.
Sorry, my marriage is 100% real and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
You can still interfere with gay couples, but you can't touch us. We'll do whatever the hell we want. I know that burns you up inside, that you can't control people's lives. But you can't. I'm going to have some really weird kinky sex with my wife while watching porn, just for you.
Marriage is a universal sociological function to which local laws might supplement in support.
To claim "marriage is about whatever the couple wants it to be" is the same as claiming "your intestine is the center of your nerves system if you want it to be, your toes can see if you want them to."
Yes. And marriage is about the joining of two people in a legal union.
Nothing about children there. Children are not mentioned in the marriage law of my state, nor on the marriage license.
I am not interfering with anyone or controlling anyone. I am not the one who sounds "burnt up" but you certainly do. :lol:
See Trixil -v- Granvill, Loving -v- Verginia and Skinner -v- Oklahoma for where that argument fails.
Your feet are for cleaning your blood, your ears support your muscle system if you want them to.