Why do atheists get married?

Question

Marriage (I assume) is a religious act. And there is no substitute for it in religion. Then why do atheist wants to get married, instead they can just live together.

Answer 1

Marriage in fact is not a religious act. When people want to get married they apply for a marriage license at their local court house, then perform a few tests and fill out paperwork. Once those commitments are satisfied they have the signatures witnessed and they are legally married. If the people want to suspend the marriage until they have a service the final witness to sign off on the paperwork will be the priest. Even during the service the priest will say something to the effect of "by the power invested in me by the state" which admits that the state is issuing the marriage license not the religion. Theists try to make it seem like their religion or beliefs are a lot more justified than they really are and I am sure that they will attempt to deny the facts that I have shown here so I suggest that everyone research the stuff for themselves and they will see I am not lying or confused in any way. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

They can get married in the temporal world as a sort of legal protection, but there is no sanctity of these unions unless they are done before God. An atheistic "marriage" is an unrecognised union.



But you have asked why atheists get married which very few users in this thread have answered. Instead it's the typical defensiveness all too common with the Yahoo! Atheist club. They have completely dismissed the religious aspect of marriage, the important act before God between a man and a woman. They want to insult that because they think they have created a new version of marriage. They have not.



Atheists get "married" for all the same reasons everybody else does: love, money, etc. They just have relationships that are not finalised in a holy place, a church. They avoid these holy places because they think their logic and earthly knowledge surpasses any recognition from God. It does not and their marriages lack that important final touch. God's holy touch that they resist.

Answer 3

Because legally, depending on where you live, there are several hundred legal rights that all fall into place for a married couple that do not apply to two people living together.



Things like health insurance, medial rights, dealing with death, distribution of assets in a divorce, and so on.



Sure, marriage can be a religious act. Most churches do like to have a say in birth, marriage and death, since that helps add control over the participants. But it also is a legal act that has a lot of benefits for a married couple.

Answer 4

"Why do atheists get married?"



You assume incorrectly. Marriage is a contract under civil law. Religion does not own marriage. In most western countries, religious ceremonies have no legal standing.



Atheists are people, and people get married for different reasons, some good, some not.

Answer 5

Marriage is not a religious act. It's a legal institution that provides legal benefits and protections to both spouses. Atheists also get married as a demonstration of lifelong commitment.

Answer 6

You're assuming incorrectly, that's why. Marriage is not a religious act, but a civil one with a legal license. Also, I wanted to get married as a public display of my loving commitment to my husband, and have a big party with all my friends and family. There are numerous reasons to want to marry, none of which need to be religious.

Answer 7

My wife and I lived together for four years before our tax attorney finally convinced us to get married. So we got married in a Judge's chambers and our marriage license was exactly the same as any religious marriage. Marriage does not have to be a religious ceremony. We already loved each other and got married to reduce our taxes and to make it easier (back then) to qualify for a mortgage, so we could buy a home.

Answer 8

No, being joined in a religious ceremony is a religious act, but marriage is a civil contract, in the US and most western countries.

For instance, a church wedding does not mean you are married in the eyes of the law, not unless you have a marriage license that is registered. But a registered and valid marriage licence is recognized as a valid marriage, with or without any ceremony religious or otherwise.

Answer 9

Marriage was around long before religions..as an atheist I wanted to marry the man I loved as a promise to love and stay with him for as long as we lived....and I am....43 years in August.



Mo University Lecturer Atheist

Answer 10

To determine whether marriage is a secular or religious act, one must go back to it's foundation, not what has recently come about. The answer takes us all the way back to Eden, where God Himself established the parameters of what marriage is. The fact that the secular culture and government have only glommed on for it's own benefit does not make marriage secular. It is in fact the Godly way in which a man and woman in love are to make their relationship right before HIM, so the question is valid. It's the same principle at work with the desire for homosexual marriage; everybody wants to be validated, and unknowingly, these unGodly folks have turned to His standard be legit.

Answer 11

Why do atheists get married?



--- Because they want to.



Marriage (I assume) is a religious act.



--- No. Marriage is a legal contract that is hugely important in regards to legal power of attorney, child custody, taxation, and inheritance. Not to mention property ownership.



The religious marriage ceremony has no standing in society. It's the government issued marriage license that matters.

Answer 12

Marriage to some people JUST is as simple as a commitment. Shared ownership of all their possessions. Shared ownership of the children ( same surname).



Some people think it's the right way of life. For their children's sake and for their life choices.



I am non-religious, but I would get married. Me getting married isn't getting married to God in my eyes. It's showing my lifetime partner I am committed to him, be ready to share ownership and to show the children the right way of life. Not to settle for less than they're worth. Happily married decent couples show their children a prime example.

Answer 13

Your basic assumption was wrong, so every conclusion you came to thereafter was also flawed. Marriage is NOT an inherently "religious" union. Among we believers it is a union ordained and consecrated by God, but throughout human history folks have been marrying for all sorts of reasons...from strengthening alliances, financial security, and child-bearing suitability, to name just a few; that atheists also have ideas of their own should surprise no one.

Answer 14

Why?



Because the stench of an excremental fantasy called 'christ' is nowhere to be found in their lives.



Neither marriage, nor its intention, descends from anything 'religious'.

Atheists fall in love and marry, because life & existence allow for `joy` ... and every minute of their happiness.

Answer 15

You assume incorrectly. Religion doesn't own the patent on marriage. Marriage is the consensual and contractual union of two adults. You don't need a religious ceremony to get married.

Answer 16

Sorry, Marriage is a religious sacrament like baptism or last rites. Each religion has its own practice, but it IS religious in origin. Nonbelievers have both civil services and common law to possess the benefits of marriage, and if you can find a church that will perform the service, nonbelievers, homosexuals, and transgenders can have a church wedding as well.

Answer 17

We marry for the same reasons anyone else does, because we love our intended spouses, or because it is mutually beneficial to both persons to be married.

BTW, you are aware that you HAVE to acquire a license from the state in order to marry, no matter HOW you intend to wed or WHOM you intend to marry. Marriage is 100% regulated by the state, religion can not make that claim since one doesn't have to marry religiously.

Your marriage HAS to be recognized by the state in order for it to be valid.

Answer 18

Marriage can be SANCTIONED by someone who claims religious authority (as long as you recognize their authority), but marriage is essentially a legal contract. Hopefully there is love too, but has never been essential and it's only recently that that has been considered important. As an importnat legal contract, a marriage certificate is required for many things, so marriage is considered desirable by most people.

Answer 19

Why do ATHEIST get MARRIED ? I *** - U- ME marriage is a RELIGIOUS EVENT and there is NO substitution for RELIGION



Marriage is a "LEGAL " Contract it deals with Legal responsibility Property and finances it effects medical responsibility personal responsibility Taxes mortgages bills insurance r living expenses funeral expenses ......



..There is no SUBSTITUTION for Religion Related to marriage ? One might want to ask the JUDGE that married my husband and I over 20 years ago . now why did we get married to protect each of our Economic status because there are FINANCIAL and LEGAL benefits related to life EVENTS

Answer 20

Marriage was originally decided between families.

By the 12th century this had broken down.

The church established religious marriage.

The motive was to protect widows & orphans.

This broke down over time, & became a civil matter.

In many countries today marriage is civil & religious.

In Ontario, we also recognize Common Law marriage.

Answer 21

Marriage is and always has been a matter of civil law! Whilst churches are allowed to carry out the service it must be in complete compliance with that law and any deviation or omission would make the marriage null and void and probably involve criminal offenses!

Answer 22

Science has shown that children in single parent families often have far more problems in life. It could be he wants children in better health?

Sometimes it is extra pride! Some of them when they marry are already Bigamists! Mine was, then ran kidnapping the children! I've never got them back!

Answer 23

Marriage is not a religious act - religion has made marriage a religious event, but it existed long before religion.



There are legal and financial advantages to marriage, since most western laws were created to support the religious agenda.

Answer 24

Since when is getting married only a thing for people who believe in God?

Answer 25

Marriage is not an exclusive religious act. There are far more legal, civil, and social aspects to marriage than religious ones. Think about property, taxes, child raising, survivor and inheritance, medical and financial responsibility, etc, etc.

Answer 26

They get married because it's a secular legal contract. Religious people attach spiritual significance to it.

Answer 27

You assume wrong as marriage existed long before your religion came into existence. Most people understand that there are certain privileges and entitlements accorded to married couples that are not accorded to unmarried couples.

Answer 28

Atheist need love too...and Marriage is and always was a civil contract that has religious sanction

Answer 29

You assume wrong. Marriage is a legal act that provides a number of benefits and protections.

Answer 30

Marriage is the recognition of the union of two people by the government. So long as they recognize it, that is all that matters, you can hold a religious ceremony, declare yourself man and wife before God, all that nice stuff, but it means nothing if it has no legal recognition.

Answer 31

They still love each other and apparently get legal and sign documents that they're married and the woman usually changes her name on everything.

Answer 32

Well you assume wrong, enough said.



Marriage has been a thing world-over for a long time and not always religious and not just your religion.

Answer 33

Marriage is not a religious act: it's a pledge of trust, love and respect. Why do you religious nutters always make things about you and your childish beliefs.

Answer 34

You do not get married because of religion.

Answer 35

When I got married it had nothing to do with religion. Not a priest in sight

Answer 36

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act." Sorry, you assume wrongly, marriage is the union of two people. Religion just took it over for their own ends. It is now considered a government thing.

Answer 37

They redefined the definition of marriage several years back to suite their needs. So the state can marry people without the church.

Answer 38

Woah

Answer 39

Your assumption is wrong.



Marriage is a LEGAL contract, sanctioned by the State, that establishes certain obligations and rights.



Religions tried to take ownership of it, as they try to take ownership of everything. They failed.

Answer 40

marriage is not a religious act it is a legal civil act

theist just like to use it as an excuse to promote their myths

Answer 41

You assume incorrectly. Marriage has nothing to do with religion, it is a civil matter entirely.

Answer 42

Marriage is not a religious act

Answer 43

To feel secure in there relationship and have a wedding

Answer 44

marriage is a law ..like you have a licence to drive etc ..you have a licence to be a legal family..helps in the divorce courts

Answer 45

I do not know just what religion you practice but in any religion that I know of marriage is not part of it.



It is a very common mistake that religious nut cases make when they attack something that they do not understand.

Answer 46

for love

Answer 47

First, marriage is not an act, it's an institution. A marriage ceremony is an act.



Second, marriage is a religious institution and a civil institution.

Answer 48

Yes... It's quite a right question. If atheists think they are BEST SCIENTISTS OF WORLD. Then they should know that for children you need not be married. Stupid. Peopl...

You're quite right. I think they should be in relationship only and not get married.

Answer 49

Marriage isn't a religious act!! Where did you get that idea?!

Answer 50

Marriage is far more real and meaningful than gods are

Answer 51

Marriage is not a religious institution per se. In many cases there is no involvement of religion each in religious societies. It is a relevantly recent phenomenon that in Christianity religion has taken such a controlling attitude toward it. Marriage is an expression of love and commitment. Neither of those require religion.

Answer 52

For the legal benefits of marriage.

Answer 53

Why do Christians have health insurance?

Answer 54

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act." sorry you assumed wrong.

Answer 55

People get married because they are in love.



There are legal and tax benefits.

But, those are not the main reason.



Also, one has lass rights as a live in lover.



Following your logic, no one could get married that is not in the same denomination.

If there was a deity involved, there would be no divorce.

Answer 56

Because two people are at one with each other so much so at the time, they want to spend their lives together. It's honesty that simple, nothing to do with religion and as a side note... Marriage was around way before any religion adopted the concept.

Answer 57

Actually marriage is a legal contract that can be entered into with or without a religious ceremony. If you were to have only a religious ceremony, without filing the legal papers you would not be legally married.

When we talk about religious freedom, that includes the right to not to involve myself with any religion.

Answer 58

Marriage may be a religious event, or not, but it's primarily a social act, and in many ways it is also a political one. It's commitment, it's adhering to social values without which there is no viable, reasonably organised society that governments can plan for.

Answer 59

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Answer 60

Because they are humans.

Answer 61

Marriage (I assume) is a religious act.



Nope - legal status, following a legal ceremony. During said ceremony I stood up in front of my assembled nearest and dearest and told them all that I'd found the one person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Big white mouse in the sky didn't have anything to do with it.

Answer 62

Well, I am a "believer" ... I really don't call myself "Christian" .... mainly because of what Ghandi said:



"I like your Christ, but I don't like your Christians, because they are so unlike your Christ"



Unfortunately, this is true in so many ways. That said: I was married by a judge, not a minister.

My marriage lasted 34 years, not including the 4 years I dated my husband before we married.

We were high school sweet hearts.... he has remarried (and my ex-husband and I are still good friends)...

however, I have no intention of remarrying. I don't feel like I need a piece of paper to be in a committed

relationship, which I happen to be in. Some would say: "You are living in sin".



I think your question about atheists is ludicrous. "Atheists" are not "bad, immoral people", well I'm sure

a few are, because there are immoral people in all walks of life no matter their belief system.



Atheists have simply chosen to not believe, but I have met an ex-atheist or 2 in my life....



I respect their right to their unbelief, I don't feel like I need to get a bible out and beat them over the

head with it.... and their unbelief has no bearing on my right to believe.



Marriage is a civil ceremony, but of course it is to many a religious ceremony as well.

Live and let live. Shalom.

Answer 63

as an atheist may I respond. it is a declaration of love and is lawfully needed in some cases e.g. taxes.estate.wills etc plus children also will know we were fully committed to each other. we got married in a registered office to be legality married as opposed to church so no religion was mentioned.

there are definite known benefits and stability studies carried out that show that married couples do have overall better brought up and well rounded children etc.

its a way of committing to each other that is simple. honest and we do not regard having any diety / spirit. tree god etc as having any effect on us as normal human beings. we luckily have bypassed the indoctrination as children and have no fear of death as such. so no need to seek religion as a way of living beyond natural end of life.

Answer 64

I'm not religious. I got married because I love my husband and it's romantic :) When he asked me I was never so happy. I wasn't going to say, "No I'm not religious!" haha. Marriage can mean different things to different people. Nothing wrong with getting married because you love someone, it's also a smart move if you intend to stay with someone for life because it gives you lots of benefits like lower taxes.

Answer 65

Well love is a nice thing, and marriage existed before Christianity, so it doesnt need to be religious

Answer 66

Good Lord this person is an idiot.

Answer 67

MORE IMPORTANTLY...why do half the CHRISTIAN marriages end in divorce? don't you even give two tinkers damns about that oath? apparently not.....hypocrites.

Answer 68

It's language.

Answer 69

So the poster is kind of right. In countries where religion is apart of government like Saudi Arabia, then yes marriage is a religious act.



In the United States it's not. Marriage is between two people and the state. The reason being is that we didn't elect the church to speak for us. Separation of Church and State is real, whereas your religion is not.

Answer 70

Ask my beautiful and loving wife, or our child (either of which was not smited by a fairy tale) if they love me and enjoy the tax benefits that comes with a legal union of marriage. Not to mention the speedy marriage itself. Have you ever been to a catholic wedding? Reason enough to start doubting the faith lol.

Answer 71

Marriage has nothing to do with religion. It's a bond between to consenting adults, who sometimes love each other or in Hollywood for political or financial gain.

Answer 72

Because the people in the future needs to be intelligent.

Answer 73

Tax reasons & love.

Answer 74

The sweet, sweet tax breaks.

Answer 75

marriage is not religious

Answer 76

We do it for the tax benefits.

Answer 77

Because it's not strictly religious

Answer 78

Why do atheists get married? - Various reasons, but normally love.



Marriage (I assume) is a religious act. - No, it's a social contract, and has been for several thousand years, in many different cultures.



And there is no substitute for it in religion. - Irrelevant.



Then why do atheist wants to get married, instead they can just live together. - See point one.

Answer 79

People don't always see marriage as a sacrament. Some religions allow more than one wife and some allow multiple marriages and divorces so that one person might have several living spouses.

The reason people who are not religious get married are many: income tax advantages, easier to qualify for loans and mortgages, can legally make medical decisions if the spouse in incapable of doing so, children are legitimate, shared property and inheritance even when there is not will (a spouse cannot be disinherited), one spouse can be covered on the medical insurance of another and some jobs see a married man as more likely to make a long term commitment to a job as he has a family to support.

In short, marriage gives both partners many legal, financial and medical benefits.

Answer 80

Being an atheist doesn't mean you should not get married.

Answer 81

Humans are designed by their nature to be monogamous, so irrespective of religion or culture or if a bunch of babies grew in a forest without any contact to any humans to adulthood, you will still see monogamy among them. Marriage is a legal binding recognized by law and government, while 2 unmarried people (cohabitation) living without any marriage is still monogamous, as monogamy is human nature.

Answer 82

atheists are human being s like any one else, but their beliefs about God id different. they do't think there is a God. they have their own wordings when they get married.

Answer 83

religious fact

Answer 84

Marriage is not a "religious act". For most of history, it did not involve a religious ceremony at all, and in many parts of the world today, a secular, civil ceremony is required while a religious ceremony is merely optional.



Marriage began as a way to raise children in the context of an orderly, well-defined, legal arrangement, since that was recognized as being better for society as a whole. It also facilitated such matters as inheritance, the orderly transfer of property. For a long time, it was largely a contract between two people, or two families, with a strongly economic justification. Even for Christians, religion didn't become regularly involved until the Middle Ages, when couples began asking priests to bless their marriages. Under the Romans, you could have a (pagan) religious ceremony if you wanted one, but it wasn't required.



Atheists marry in order to make a public statement of love and commitment, to enjoy the legal benefits of marriage, and often because they intend to have children and feel that it's best to raise children in the context of marriage, of legal commitment. In other words, they do it for the same reasons everyone else does; they just don't feel the need to involve a religious authority. Their civil marriages are just as legal and valid as any religious marriage.

Answer 85

Same. There is no change in their thinking and our thinking. They also want to follow what we people do.

Answer 86

to get married.

Answer 87

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Answer 88

Gotta get those tax benefits son

Answer 89

In xtianity, marriage is approval to have sex. A relationship is so much more than just sex. But, on the other hand, if you don't know what you're getting, sexually, it could be a major source of dissatisfaction that can lead to having affairs and/or divorce. Even if the sex is good you can have intimacy problems, imagine if the sex is bad. Ew!

Answer 90

I'm atheist and I want to get married so that my partner and I can take next step in our relationship and help us draw closer to each other.

Answer 91

You don't need to get married, couples paired off long before religion was invented.

Answer 92

Its a public declaration of love.

Answer 93

Marriage is a bond based on love, marriage is saying "hey I vow to love you and only you forever" along with the other promises we make suck as "for sickness n health"

"Rich or poor"

Kinda like promise rings but the next level ****

Answer 94

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act"? Why not stop assuming and actually research it? Your religion doesn't own marriage. Neither does any other religion. Marriage existed way before a lot of religions. It is a civil contract. That's why you need a registrar at your wedding. The religious ceremony is optional.



And to answer your specific question, atheists get married for the same reason as anyone else. Because they've found a partner they want to commit to. Why is a religion necessarily involved in that?

Answer 95

two dummies

Answer 96

Even though they do not believe in anything supernatural or of any of that sort, they are still human beings with souls. They have the right to get married. Though, they believe in love. Because love is for everyone, we just need to know how to find the right one correctly to love.

Answer 97

Sex bro.

Simple as that.

Answer 98

marriage is not a religious act. It's a contract,it's a legal act

Answer 99

To us it's not a religious act it's just when two people love each other so much they want to stay together for life (or in some cases money)

Answer 100

they want to

Answer 101

Marriage use to be a religious event but now it's a type of ego people use to show they are fully together and committed despite people will still refuse it's religious because it is

Answer 102

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act..."



you assume wrong.

Answer 103

Community property law.

Answer 104

Marriage is an act of state not religion, there is no religious requirement in the ceremony in the UK. I got married because I love my wife and to show that I wish to spend the rest of my life with her. I had no religious reason for doing so, there are fringe tax benefits and obviously medical and death rights that a spouse gains that a co-habiting couple does not automatically get.

Answer 105

Marriage is not a religious act. In fact religion has moved in on marriage to influence and direct the patterns of marriage since the early medieval period. The royal dynastic direction of Europe is a prime example of religious manipulation.

Answer 106

because they love their spouse

Answer 107

Marriage (I assume) is a religious act.



Well, you assume incorrectly. The rest of your question is moot.

Answer 108

legal benefits.

Answer 109

Good question. but it can be for legal,economic and family stuff as well not just religion plus the love bond to one specific person is something very special to most.

Answer 110

In most Western countries, marriage is a legal contract under civil law. It doesn't matter whether you are religious or not. Like any person who marries someone, they want to spend their life with their partner.

Answer 111

Wrong. Religion is not a religious act. I love how Christians try to say Christianity created marriage, when it didn't. Marriage was originally pagan and was called "Handfasting"

Answer 112

According to the Bible, when God created a partner for Adam He created Eve—not another Adam. This means that perfect partnership requires some level of difference as well as a level of similarity so great that Adam could cry out loudly, ”This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”. Sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male/female bonding (emotionally and physically) because it corresponds to the design of our bodies and because it is the normal means by which offspring are created.

If God had intended the human race to be fulfilled through both heterosexual and homosexual marriage, (homosexuals and lesbians alike want children) He would have designed our bodies to allow reproduction through both means and made both means of sexual intercourse healthy and natural. Homosexual anal intercourse carries a high risk of disease, this is recognized in Scripture where gay men are said to receive in their bodies the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:27). Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”

—1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NKJV)

Answer 113

Marriage is more a legally binding type of thing to an atheist technically. Not a religious thing

Answer 114

Marriage is a legally binding contract between a male and a female.



The church wedding you imagine = a marriage is nothing more than a pantomime to the legal world.



You could go through your pantomime every day for the rest of your life and you still wouldn't be married until you filled out the legal papers and had them registered.



So, bottom line, MARRIAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR GOD IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

Answer 115

what the heck dude????? that is absolutely ridiculous. getting married in a church is religious. marriage is simply an act of commitment and love that doesn't rely on religion! It is also a legal measure.

Answer 116

Actually marriage is a spiritual and legal act. To say you love your best friend or BFFE( Best Friend Forever & Ever) or BFF ( Best Friend Forever) or till death &/or forever. Usually a boyfriend/girlfriend. But mostly, so you can reproduce and take care of each other.

Answer 117

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act"



You assume wrong - its always been a civil act



it was a "contract" between 2 people - it was only given to the church to administer the oaths required to complete the contract



In fact in most western countries the actual marriage does not take place in the church, it takes place when the couple sign the register outside the actual church AND the witnesses sign to say they have witnessed the couple agree to the vows required by the contract



i.e Until you sign the register legally no marriage has taken place

Answer 118

Marriage never was about faith. It originally started as a form of keeping power in the Houses. Where often time marriages were arranged not out of love, but to keep the power within that House.

Answer 119

wouup

Answer 120

Atheists get married at approved Richard Dawkins churches, their one true God.

Answer 121

Marriage isn't a religious act. In fact, it has nothing to do with religion. Do some reading on the origins of the whole concept of marriage first.

Answer 122

lol....if it were "religious" in nature we WOULDN T NEED a LICENSE....here s a hint....christians didn t invent the concept. and lastly god(s) are NOT a requirement to marry.

Answer 123

For sex like everyone else.

Answer 124

your assumtion is wrong uk laws have the monopoly on marrage im atheist and been marreid longer than most theists. Divorce is rampant amongst theists

Answer 125

>"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act"

Well, there's your problem. Marriage is a civil act with civil benefits. Hope that clears things up for you.

Answer 126

Marriage is an act of commitment, which can be pledged regardless of religion.

Answer 127

Love!

Answer 128

Marriage is a LEGAL act, order by society for purposes of fiscal responsibility (who pays for the kids, who pays the medical bills).



I t CAN be blessed by God, god, gods, or no god, as your own personal theology dictates.

Answer 129

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws.

Answer 130

Assumptions and intuition when examined are occasionally false. Apply thought and analysis to yours.

Answer 131

Marriage doesn't have to be religious.

Answer 132

So which religion owns marriage? Of course yours, isn't it?

Answer 133

It's part of our culture, symbolic of their commitment, and tax benefits

Answer 134

Umm because they can..when you become a dictator of a country then you can make all the rules

Answer 135

"Marriage (I assume) is a religious act."



Fell at the first fence there, didn't you?

Answer 136

legal reasons

Answer 137

Marriage is a religious act and a civil act.

Answer 138

to make food to get

Answer 139

I didn't know they were prohibited.

Answer 140

You assume wrong.

Answer 141

bc they are in love

Answer 142

gay marriage is legal

Answer 143

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Answer 144

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