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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Nov 7 11:47:00 2008, in response to Re: Gay protest in LA, posted by Fred G on Fri Nov 7 11:39:43 2008. Marriage is 2 people who love each other enough to enter a lifetime commitment with each other. That's a very modern interpretation which goes against thousands of years of history. Until the 19th century, marriage was basically a contract between families. In many cases marriages prevented wars, ended wars, merged commercial interests or simply marked the end of clan fueding. If things went well, married couples eventually fell in love. Romantically-based marriage is a modern invention unknown before the 19th century. Now, if you want to argue that this new definition trumps the older one, you have that right. I'm not prepared to. |
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