• Flax
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    -52 months ago

    Two people bound together for life for the purposes of creating a family

      • Flax
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        02 months ago

        If it was for religious reasons, I would have specified it as a “man and a woman”

        • @ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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          32 months ago

          Then what is your basis for it only being between two people? You’re defining it just like religion does because that’s where you got the idea even if you don’t realize it.

          • Flax
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            -12 months ago

            Because that’s what marriage is and always has been, anything else is contrary to human nature

            • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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              12 months ago

              Marriage is human nature? Legal documents providing specific legal protections in your specific country is human nature?

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                02 months ago

                Marriage is more than legal documents

                • @Ledivin@lemmy.world
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                  Yeah, religion. Marriage has literally no basis in humanity except for religion and legal protection.

                  Living with someone doesn’t require marriage. Procreation doesn’t require marriage. Cooperation doesn’t require marriage. Being with one person exclusively for life doesn’t require marriage. It’s literally just religion and laws, that’s it.

                • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                  22 months ago

                  Not in the situation being described here. The situation being described here is a method for people to legally untether themselves from their parents.

      • Flax
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        -52 months ago

        Only as a last resort. You shouldn’t get married without intending to stay together for life.

    • @CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      22 months ago

      “You shouldn’t use marriage to stop yourself being legally chained to your parents. The purpose of marriage is to legally chain you to your spouse.”

      If people could “divorce” their parents you wouldn’t have to worry about this.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)
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      02 months ago

      Only two? That seems needlessly restrictive. Is it for religious reasons? Church and state should be separated.

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        If it was for religious reasons, I would have specified it as a “man and a woman”

        Also, if it’s more than two, that’s not a marriage; that’s a group chat.