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| I think that marriage existed before it was a religious institution and that makes the religious institution argument silly. |
I think that according to the Bible it actually didn't.
I also think my opinion means something.
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Im pretty sure the concept of marriage predates religions like Christianity, so makes no sense at all to have it exclusively for Christians.
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Ehhhhh. Christianity in its current incarnation, maybe, but that religion is essentially an "updated" form of Judaism, which, if Biblical accounts are taken at face value, pre-exists marriage.
That being said, I agree with Ari's assertion that it doesn't make sense for marriage to be a Christian-exclusive thing. I think that it's been largely secularized to the point where it carries almost no religious significance except that which the couple chooses to assign to it. Since you can't separate the "secular" societal ramifications of marriage from its religious aspects, there wouldn't really be a point, imo.
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