[Insert cartoon of Muhammed here]
I find it ironic that when someone makes a cartoon of Muhammed, they have Jihad declared upon them. Pay no mind to the Muslim countries mocking Israeli religious symbols...PLEASE don't pay ANY MIND.
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2:58 am
FOX NEWS OF THE NORTH
Pretty soon, all they'll be talking about is how they need to close up their southern border to keep all the dirty, unemployed Americans from stealing the awesome snow removal jobs from REAL Canadians.
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3:08 am
Eminem says all them GAYS are alright with him
"Only 41 percent of respondents said children were important to a happy marriage, down from 65 percent in 1990. The only thing less important to a happy marriage than children, the survey found, was whether a couple agreed on politics.
So why do kids rank so low on the list? The fact is, marriages today are increasingly adult-centered, rather than child-centered, an issue identified in a sweeping 2008 report from Rutgers marriage researcher Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. In the report, called “Life Without Children: The Social Retreat From Children and How It’s Changing America,” Dr. Whitehead notes that the percentage of our lives that we devote to parenting is shrinking. Because married couples are delaying children and having fewer kids, they start parenting later and finish parenting sooner than couples of earlier generations." - Tara Parker-Pope
This is one of the many reasons I believe marriage is no longer the established "idea" that it is in the bible. The "sanctity" of marriage no longer exists in society. The sanctity exists between God and the two people involved in the union. Politics, economics and society has gotten so enmeshed with the idea of marriage that it isn't about "what God intended" anymore. Marriage ISN'T what God intended it to be anymore.
Marriage has become something that gets you tax breaks; it is something that can be entered into, LEGALLY, without any thought, preparation or maturity; it can be, LEGALLY, EXITED without heavy consequence. Hell, if you haven't consummated the relationship, it can even be made as if it NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.
In a society and world where people can LEGALLY get married for the sole purpose of being a legal resident of a country, where they can LEGALLY get married just for health and tax benefits, and where a proponent of the SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE CAN BE RECENTLY MARRIED FOR HIS FOURTH TIME (by the way, congratulations Rush), enabling two people who care about each other, who have shown MORE loyalty and devotion to each other than most of the assholes that I've seen get married, and who deserve the SAME RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW THAT MARRIAGE GIVES HETEROSEXUALS WHO DON'T GIVE A **** ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON, should NOT be as difficult as it is made out to be in this country.
PHWEWWWWW!
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3:18 am
Here's an idea!: Let's just make up a bunch of bull!
Don't make up theories to justify your inability to be monogamous. I've been reading theories lately about how as humanity as aged as a species, we've been slowly postponing death to the point where, NOW, we are living TOO LONG to justify being married to ONLY ONE PERSON.
They say that it is less realistic, with our life expectancy reaching past 70s and into the 80s, to believe that we are meant to be together forever.
Is it easier now to find many possible matches all over the world now that we are not "stuck" living in one place for our whole lives? Yes. Do we live much longer now than when marriage was established? Yes.
But the vow to love one person forever and to never abandon that person even when that relationship turns to shit is a vow that is unreasonable...BUT THAT IS WHY WE PROMISE IT.
I don't care how marriage is carried out in the world. It doesn't affect how I view marriage. But, to me, that unreasonable expectation of being with someone forever, that vow IS sacred to me. It WILL BE sacred to my wife. And that vow will be sacred to myself, my wife and my God. Sure there are benefits in society for being married, but THAT part of marriage is personal and one that I believe is the biggest part of MY relationship with the establishment of marriage.
BUT, you may not agree... That's why I'm not marrying you. And your view of it will not affect what it IS to me.
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3:28 am
Even without knowing Spanish, you KNOW what this is about
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3:31 am
And before I go to bed, I leave you with...
You are arguing that because it is so "easy" to marry and so acceptable to divorce that the sanctity of marriage has deteriorated. And because divorce is such an option (American) individuals rush into (and out of) this once sacred commitment.
ReplyDeleteBut who are you to say that previous times were happier times? How do you know that the (emotional, physical) quality of life is not better, on the whole, for our society because of the possibility of divorce? I think we are a monogamous species in some regards, but never a faithful one. Fidelity has always been present, ramped, and hurting lovers.
I would argue that marriage has never been sacred. Marriages (specific ones) have been.