Polygamy and child marriages in the 1800’s drove the notion that the state should get involved in issuing “marriage licenses.”
And here we are going full circle in a process that may end up with legalized polygamy.
Just like “guns” get people all emotional demanding new laws today, the polygamists (Mormons in particular) and marriages involving young girls got people emotional back then demanding government intervention.
I think the problem is that many have been conditioned to think marriage comes from and is defined by the state, that’s why so many accept the concept of ‘gay marriage’ in the first place. It can exist because the state says it can, it comes in little pieces of paper. The paper denotes a contract with benefits and strictures between any parties the state chooses and can be broken and resumed as long as the state gives its permission.
A lot of times those faiths that accept ‘gay marrige’ won’t even act on this belief until the state tells them that it also accepts ‘gay marrige.’ Which might be more insane than buying into ‘gay marriage’ in the first place.
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