Marriage

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Why do we have this bollocks?
Why do people need to get married anyway and why do they deserve legal and financial rights/benefits just for doing so?

It's an attempt to lock you into a relationship so that you have no choice but to breed.

That is very true.

Marriage should be abolished.
IMO.

Waste of money…better to give it (the money) to those who need it, i.e., those who're dying due to starvation.

Marriage is ok for ensuring that people don't betray their partner's trust, I suppose. I hate huge parties though.

It doesn't ensure that though because they can still get divorced. Marriage doesn't stop some some dirty whore going off and shagging the milkman.

unless you have religious beliefs, then i dont see the point either.

Neither do I, I have no problem with people getting married, I just don't see why they should be given extra rights/financial incentives to do so.

i's useless-it tricks people into thinking they have to stay together forever when some clearly shouldn't

I think people should be moral and respectful enough to stay with their partner without the need for marriage to officially bind them. Marriage does make categorizing things more easier by the government though (for giving out money, census etc.).

The ceremony itself reminds me of someone waving around a trophy and gloating over it.

My wife and I got married in Las Vegas. We didn't plan on it, it just happened. There wasn't a big ceremony. It was just me, my wife, the priestess and the limo driver as witness. We are both "liberated" thinkers and marriage was never an option until we met.

Our greatest act of love was getting married and yes it is kind of like waving a trophy around. We found each other, we've managed to forge a loving relationship out of two opposite people and we have given birth to a beautiful boy. We forged our trophy together to show that there are such things as love and happiness. Divorce is not an option for us and it has nothing to do with religion. I may never be a famous musician or author but my greatest accomplishment will always be the fact that we made our love work and that we stuck with it through our lives.

I don't think marriage should be abolished. I think the loveless binding of two souls for financial gain should be. I believe that people are too desperate to get married these days and end up making poor decisions.

I guess I can't really explain it the way that I would like to. All I can say is that I hope that all of you find someone to love, it's the most liberating experience imaginable. Why is it wrong to bind yourself to someone that you can share happiness with for as long as you live?