Are you arguing that anyone who would accept and display a precious gem is ineligible for marriage? No. My point is that anyone who conditions marriage on the

Are you arguing that anyone who would accept and display a precious gem is ineligible for marriage? No. My point is that anyone who conditions marriage on the size or cost of a diamond is ineligible to marry me. My wife accepted my marriage proposal without a ring. One was added later --- after other more urgent finances were covered and reassuring her that it would be modest and not overly wasteful. In other words, this was done strictly because I wanted to --- not as a pre-condition for her acceptance. She says doing it this way was more meaningful.