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Marriage actually has nothing to do with religion at all, at least in the US. It's a legal contract and done via the local government. The wedding aspect is a
by mdorazio 6y ago
Marriage actually has nothing to do with religion at all, at least in the US. It's a legal contract and done via the local government. The wedding aspect is ancillary and not required at all. Note that this legal contract does have many logical outcomes like setting things up for children and (optionally) treating the married couple as a single entity for things like taxes and property ownership.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoYou bring up a good point, that the word ‘marriage’ has lost a lot of meaning due to the history of government involvement. It would have been better in hindsight if the U.S. had done what other governments around the world had done and called every contract it deals with a ‘civil union.’ Then there would be no confusion that ‘civil union’ has nothing to do with religion.