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Originally Posted by Toao
Try telling that to the Catholics. Marriage can be with a judge, but the original idea of marriage is a vow, between the married couple, & god.
And the person performing the ceremony is a priest, rabbi, and so on.
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Is it balls. Marriage in it's myriad forms was around for hundreds of years before religion decided to make it a 'contract' through it's nefarious ways.
Marriage at it's most basic form was a way to unify communities or certain section of communities to enhance trade, social relationships or to try to ensure that heirs were produced to continue rule over a kingdom and therefore provide legitimacy and factions that disputed any claims couldn't dispute these unions.