Comments on: What would happen if Marriage was treated like a business transaction?

By: christina p.

christina p. — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:36:37 +0000

Psssh, it is a complete pink slip. $60 bucks will sell you a useless husband/wife.

By: Witchy

Witchy — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:42:20 +0000

I agree somewhat. I’d just give marriage back to the various religions to do whatever they want with it. I see it as a religious rite more than anything else. So, I really don’t think that the government should be in the business of defining, acknowledging, or determining government benefits based on whether or not someone goes through a religious rite.

If people want the government to recognize anything they can have a civil union type of business contract to join their assets. As with any other business contract, the government shouldn’t care about the genders, race or even the number of people involved. It’s just business.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:31:48 +0000

hey .. in most cases it is. just try to get out of one.. it is only a love and religious union as long as all parties are happy.

By: wartz

wartz — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:20:49 +0000

I think marriage is the union of a man and a woman and that the definition is unchangeable.

By: maxmom56

maxmom56 — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:20:58 +0000

That’s actually how marriage was treated until very recently especially among the upper classes. It’s been rejected in favor of “true love” and a divorce rate in excess of 50%.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:31:04 +0000

Hi Guy,

You’re correct. In the eyes of the state, marriage is a “contract” like any other transaction. The fact that it is a contract is what enables them to regulate it.

Long before some states legalized *** marriages, some churches performed marriages among gays and ********. That’s fine. Freedom of religion allows them to believe whatever they want to believe. But that belief does not have the force of law unless the state signs off on the legality of the transaction.

Your assessment is therefore spot-on. Whatever romantics may say, in the eyes of the law, marriage is a contract like any other business transcation.

Cheers, mate.