Re: Same Sex Marriages.
Just a piece of paper ? is heterosexual marriage just a piece of paper ? I don't think so !Re: Same Sex Marriages.
ah ah - now it is even getting more complex - who is able to carry the title of 'wife' or 'husband' and why - isn't the historic case that these terms are embedded in both religious and non-religious history and carry a male and female classification?Re: Same Sex Marriages.
In today's paper it was mentioned that hetero civil partnerships will be acknowledged soon so maybe marriage is on the way out anyway.?Re: Same Sex Marriages.
I have a pair of men friends who are marrying in June.Between them I see more love respect and affection going on between the 2 of them than I see in most woman man relationships I know. I have offten wondered why most people I meet have married or had children as its plain to see they dont want either. Must people I have spoken to before and after marraige say its just what you do ...get married and have kids , with that much thought put into it, as a young woman I would see girls of my age grab the first bloke they could manipulate into proposing and marry them, as I got older men and woman who feeling time was running out again marrying the first person to show interest.. Most of these people married from a fear of some sort and are now devorced having affairs or still married but living seperate lives and never speak to each other unless nessercary because of kids. They have lived together for 8 years have traved the world together and both had to learn each others language, they have had some hard times due to family and others bias. They are now building thier own home from scratch working hard everyday, but still have time to help neighbours and other elderly people in the village, often have parties to get people together and are kind and gererous. If any one deserves to marry and be happy it's them.Re: Same Sex Marriages.
If we don't want to use the words husband and wife because of their connotation of gender why not say spouse - this is my spouse - or even create a new word. I was a marriage celebrant for 10 years and did many commitment ceremonies for both male and female couples and was happy to do it but it does make me smile a bit that so many heterosexual couples aren't bothered about getting married when they could, and gay couples want to when they can't.Re: Same Sex Marriages.
I 'm thoroughly bored with this subject , marriage is on the way out as we've always defined it, good/bad ,it doesn't matter anymore, it's legal and that's that, the next thing is to ensure that children in these relationships are protected ( as they are in any other circumstances)Re: Same Sex Marriages.
Marriage is, and should be, an option for those who want it but I don't believe it should carry any particular weight over a civil ceremony. It wasn't all that long ago that most of us would have been refused marriage in a church - the closest you would have got was to stand on the church steps outside the doors! Marriages in church were restricted to the nobility. Vicars/Priests didn't perform the ceremony either - the couple simply declared themselves to one another in front of their witnesses.
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