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The practical purpose of marriage is to give protections to the woman who bears a greater liability in childbearing. That is maybe one practical purpose of mar
by MartinCron 16y ago
The practical purpose of marriage is to give protections to the woman who bears a greater liability in childbearing.
That is maybe one practical purpose of marriage, but it's not the legal basis, and there's a lot more to it from a societal perspective.
I think the lawyer/client and doctor/patient argument is interesting, but feels a little hollow, because people are in a position to choose to become doctors, lawyers, clients, and patients freely. There is no inherent discrimination in those relationships. Would you expect a special class of legal relationships between a black man and a white woman? I wouldn't.
- GiraffeNecktie 16y agoI can't believe you're being voted down. The idea that marriage is solely for the purpose of childbearing is patently absurd. Marriage is a lifelong partnership with a myriad of benefits and responsibilities, some of which are recognized and codified by the state. The state also recognizes that marriage provides enormous good to society, not only child care, but also care of the aging, the unemployed and the infirm. It is also a partnership that is deeper, longer lasting and more important to society than that between any lawyer/barber/personal trainer and client.