There is an awful lot of talk about marriage these days. Seems everyone wants to be a part of an institution with a horrendous failure rate. Sadly, no one, and I mean no one, knows what marriage really is.

Most believe marriage is a way to validate true love. That is most assuredly what marriage is not. Marriage is not a way to validate love, create love, or solidify love. It is not a symbol of love and it is not a way to define love. Marriage is a contract, a legally binding business contract. No where on the contract does the word love appear, no where in the process does anyone determine of love is present: love is not a part of marriage at all. Love is a part of a relationship, but not a marriage.

Marriage in the most countries, especially the U.S., is a legally binding contract in which two people engage in a corporate merger that the state (state being government) endorses.

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