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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 1116698" data-attributes="member: 7177">Which means, of course, that no deity in your campaign world condones sexual relations out of marriage. But this can vary from campaign world to campaign world.And it depends on what marriage means in your societies. If marriage is supposed to be a holy union sancified by the gods that cannot be broken in any way other than death, then yes, sexual relations outside of marriage are going to be tricky.On the other hand, if marriage is nothing more than a social contract that is supposed to solve things like inheritance issues and cement political alliances, then sexual relations (and love) outside of it won't even enter the picture.Marriage has meant all sorts of things - and "marriage out of love" is, for the most part, a fairly modern phenomenon. In historical times it mostly was the exception rather than the rule.And even today, marriage increasingly becomes first and foremost a legal contract (though one of willing partners this time) than some sort of "divine union". Witness the "gay marriages" that have recently become legal in many European nations, as well as Canada. These are extremely controversial with many religions, but the law recognizes them even without the approval of any religious organisation.</blockquote>