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| You misunderstood the meaning of my post. I was suggesting that the institution of marriage was created for couples wishing to have children and start family because it creates a socially backed foundation for doing so.
For couples who do not, I do not see the necessity for the social contract. For what would you then need the piece of paper? Can you not make a promise to each other and keep it without a depending on a legal system to penalize you if one of you breaks it? Or is it for the tax break? (last I heard it is more beneficial tax-wise here in Switzerland to co-habitate without marrying) | |
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Same question can apply to people who marry for kids. For what do they need the piece of paper? Can't they bring the kid up by making a promise to each other? The piece of paper held no direct relevance to me. It was purely a romantic gesture and a kind of public re-affirmation that my wife was more than just another girlfriend passing through my revolving door. Marriage has evolved and holds different meaning to different people.
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| The Catholic church can and will refuse to marry you if the intention, or the ability, to have children is missing. | |
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We are not religious and had a simple but romantic civil marriage at the Zurich registry office.