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Originally Posted by Witty
I accept marriage as the description you stated but the marriage of the bible is nowhere even close to what it is today, all marriage was supposed to be was two people dedicating their life to God and themselves, a promise or covenant, nothing more...nowadays it's like a prison sentence at times, it's designed to restrict free will and focuses far too much on the financial side of things...love should not be a legal matter imo it should not be a matter of contracts, and if you want to leave you should not be afraid to do so...marriage too often makes people afraid to leave, it keeps them trapped in an unhappy relationship in a lot of cases.
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pretty sure its been a matter of 'contracts' in some respects since registration began in 1837
marriage was seen as a business transaction between the father of the bride, and the father of the groom
it’s based on victorian male guardianship of adult women, when a woman is passed from the guardianship of one man to another
source: i'm a registrar of births, deaths and marriages