EscherEnigma
Adventurer
If that's what you truly believe, then you should probably wonder why our society pushes everyone towards marriage. Expecting everyone to be worthy of glory is a silly expectation. And if you don't have that expectation? Then you're pushing people towards what you expect they'll fail at. That hardly sounds moral to me.My opinion is that if marriage were as easy as breathing or coitus, we wouldn't even be having this discussion right now - the commitment of marriage IS difficult! It's why we glorify it. We also glorify firefighters and policemen in western society, because not everyone can rise to those callings and perform them day in and day out. It's why we celebrate achievers in different fields -- they are uncommon individuals, and seeing a Buffet, or Einstein, or Jordan or Baryshnikov is an example of diligence and dedication that one can aspire to. To not celebrate something BECAUSE not a lot of people can perform that level of commitment misses the point of recognizing the commitment itself.
That's one helluva coat of whitewash you just slapped down. I suggest you do some reading on what marriage was like, particularly the legal rights of the people involved, as recently as the 1800s. I'd also like you to consider polling through the decades on the reasons men and women marry and, perhaps more importantly, the reason they stay together.A true marriage is not an environment of control. It never was ment to be, and never will work in that way.