Why marry?

I met up with Alex and Lisa yesterday, and Alex asked me the best question:

What does the institution of marriage even mean?

Which is the best question, and something no-one has ever asked me. It’s a question that everyone should be asking this year, a year where every Australian from the federal parliament down is talking about marriage and redefining marriage.

Marriage according to the law in Australia is:

the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life

Marriage according to conservative political policies is:

the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognised by law

Yet so much conservative conversation is about marriage being the shell for a family, for child bearing.

I say that marriage is:

two people joining a union for life, two people that have humbly and boldly decided to tackle life together instead of tackling life alone

What do you define marriage as? Join the conversation on Facebook or Twitter now.

 

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Posted by Married By Josh on Saturday, May 30, 2015

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