What is the purpose of Marriage?
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is commitment between two persons that love each other and want to ensure that they will be together for better or worse in poverty and wellness and in sickness and in good health too. good luck that is great good will bless your matrimony for ever and that is the principal of marriage.
1045103
some people do it because they are afraid of being alone......some do because they are searching for the perfect mate.........some do it just because society suggest that marriage is the right way to be.
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marriage is a religious and social status.  i've been with my partner for 5 years and we are not married.  our relationship is great. he is always there for me, as i am for him.\ni'm not saying marriage is not a beautiful thing.  or that i don't believe in it.  i'm just saying that some people don't have to have approval from society and the church.  i'm not knocking it, i'm not saying we aren't going to get married.  i am saying that we're happy with our situation right now.
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to rid the world of poverty, disease, bigotry, hatred and ignorance.\nTo send Divine wisdom to dimwits who oppose same-sex marriages to make them realize that everyone should be with someone. And to show all religious leaders that they should never stick their noses in the affairs of the public and to further keep church and state separated
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Marriage is how to demonstrate true love. You commit to live with someone and love that person until you die, no matter what happens.\n\nIf you'd like to hear the spiritual version. The Bible says marriage is a picture of God and His people. He wants to spend eternity with those who are willing to receive His Son Jesus as Lord and Savior.\n\nBest of success.
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The purpose of life is to find the answer to that question and to fullfill it. If you're a Christian it would be to accept God's gift of salvation and learn to love and devote your life to others.
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Marriage is the act or rite based on a consensual union creating the legal and social status of husband and wife while common-law-marriage refers to the relationship arising out of cohabitation as man and wife, based on an informal agreement to form a marriage relationship, but without any religious or civil ceremony.
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Pathfinder, your statement, "Marriage is the union of man and woman for the purpose of procreation (to keep the human race going)" is incorrect.  Elderly hetero couples not capable of producing offspring (senior citizens) get married as do young hetero couples that cannot produce offspring (because either the man or the woman is sterile).
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It isn't marriage that causes the change in a relationship, it is time.  Marriage is a commitment that you will give your all to a relationship for good or bad including surviving the vestiges of time.
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All of the above honey.  Marriage and a relationship while married is a complex paradox of fun and pain and love and anger and joy and sadness.  In a good marriage the good things far outweigh the bad things, but marriage is work and sometimes (most of the time) not easy work.
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a marriage is over when both people have no desire to fix it. marriage is hard work. you have to want things to change and work at them in order for them to get better. however, just from reading your question, you have already reached the point on no return.
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Well its not really "marriage" is it.\n\nMarriage is recognised by God as a man and a woman.\n\nI think if two people want to spend the rest of their lives together, and they are gay.  Feel free, but its not natural so dont parade it around in front of others.
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Since there are civil benefits to marriage, morally, it must be open to all.\n\nno one has a monopoly on marriage - certainly no one religion - although religious institutions do have the right to set their own internal rules, they should not be in a position to forbid others to do so.
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Marriage should be seen as the unification of two family along with the boy and the girl. After marriage Bridegroom gets good treatment in brides family. Bridegroom will be committed for the child's future. U can't do any thing in this world.\n\n If u mistake this world for paradise u have to face the anger of God in this world and doom's day.
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To reproduce..keeping our life form in existence. Really. That is the only purpose of life...pretty sad huh?
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I love mine and I know that A good marriage is an intimate and loving relationship which gives both partners security, friendship, companionship, support, comfort, and deep love that penetrates every aspect of life. None of this can be achieved without work and sacrifice.\n\n      Marriage may be compared to a plant that requires daily nurture, daily attention, daily care and cultivation. It will not develop of its own accord; only as effort and will are exerted will it grow and mature. For a marriage to succeed, both husband and wife must be committed to its success. They must build an enduring love relationship that is centered in the heart of their consciousness. Their relationship must be nurtured with the water of loyalty and love.
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for enjoyment,marriage is not necessary. you can enjoy as you like. but for family and children, you better get married.