An unbiased discussion on marriage

How is that unbiased?

Outlawing marriage isn't going to stop people from being unhappy.

I think people should be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want

as long as it doesn't hurt or unwillingly involve other people.

Stay out of my space and i'll stay out of yours.

By the same logic, death is caused by life. So we should ban life.

You don't have to be married to suffer the loss of a failed relationship.

"Everyone is the first to admit that polygamy is Harmful and shouldn’t be legal."

Actually there's quite a large polyamory community out there.

But the main problem is... you have a bias against marriage.
If it's not for you then fine don't get married. Don't drag everyone else into your personal decisions.

Damn you Management!! Stop approving my Threads when I'm asleep!!

Looks like the gold members are taking to trolling again...

In most western countries these days the breakup of a long term defacto relationship has the same legal, emotional, monetary and custody issues as a divorce.
A rose by any other name.....?

Marriage can be financially beneficial.
Need for love not required. Just respect.

LOL 'everyone' is against polygamy? I don't think your premise is accurate.

hey:) just one more question why did you introduce polygamy what purpose did it serve in this argument?

WAs it to juxtapose one and the other?

Its because of pressure. Social pressure to get married. I mean, you see all your friends get married, have kids...etc and meanwhile the whole "your biological clock is ticking, get married soon" is more and more imminent that you succumb to this ridiculous notion of marriage with any person you stumble across and settle for. Alot of people live unhappy lives because they think "this is it, or nothing"

Marriage is already firmly established, as a legal contract, as an ideal vision, and as a reinforced fallacy for many.

But yes i do agree that, personally, i believe marriage and kids hinder one's ability to be the best you can be, career-wise

how many times have you heard someone say "I was going to do "X" or be "x" or could've been this, but instead i had a baby, got married"...etc

"An Unbiased Discussion on Marriage"

"Last time I checked I called for a Non-Biased discussion and seeing as how you're married, you're clearly biased on this Topic.

I want to hear what disillusioned, Unbiased divorced people have to say about this. "

Unbiased...

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

If one doesn't believe in marriage then just don't get married. Making it illegal is pretty extreme, and not everyone divorces anyways. Some people stay together for the rest of their lives. Some people don't even marry because of love. There's plenty of people who marry simply because of finances, and personally, I don't see anything wrong with that. Now, I'm not a huge believer in love and marriage, myself, but we can't stop other people from doing what they want to do. If you don't like marriage, then just don't get married. It's as simple as that. If you ask me, I'm not even against polygamy. If people want to do it, then they should be allowed to. It would just be more difficult financial wise.

So.. alright, I agree, marriage is a failure and artificial institution. But -when you post something like this you have to offer a solution. What do you propose?

Sucks when someone points out how absolutely irrelevant you are doesn't it? Yes..the fact that many people have lived their entire lives married...does point out how absolutely ridiculous this thread is. You may now delete again.

Haha..I should have left all three of those re posts up. Would've taken you longer to censor.

What happened to unbiased?

Divorce is caused by marriage, no. You have to be married to get divorced, but marriage is not the cause.

You call for an unbiased discussion, but you immediately start with marriage being a burden, me thinks you have had a bad marriage? I grew up in a divorced home, so do I get to have an unbiased opinion? How can you outlaw marriage? Are we going to start outlawing breathing because sucking pollutants causes the burden of cancer? Would you like to outlaw driving because it causes the burden of crashing? How about drinking because of the burden of liver problems?

You can't just go around making things that you don't like illegal or you end up being a dictator.

"All divorce is caused by marriage." You don't say?

Never getting married. I'm never going to willingly get myself in to a situation in which a woman can take my earnings due to divorce.

Ha,probly will be against the law one day, like everything else, for our own good- to make life easier and to save the Gov money - somehow. Give it another 50 yrs. By then we'll need a permit to speak.

Well firstly that was not an unbiased IIN question.
If anything its biased to people wanting to get married.

I've always said that the marriage ceremony is for the bride. I mean guys do care and all, but all this money and romantic getup and months of planning and all those fine details, I mean most men (generalized) start to wonder what they really got themselves into!

So, you want to outlaw the brides day?
You haven't had much to do with women hey? I mean even it rains, someones going to pay up big time. But making it illegal? Oh dear, you'll finally see the real power of a woman. They can knock the strongest guys down just on words alone.

Best you apologize now, before you dig an even deeper hole.

Will you marry me, OP?

Engaged to my jizz then marry my penis and divorce my balls!

Firstly, how is divorce caused by marriage? Yes, you need to be married first before you can divorce, but that still isn't a cause.

I personally disagree and think that marriage should be legal. I'm the same as you in the sense that I'm not a huge fan of marriage. I like that not getting married gives you the freedom to just leave a dead relationship without the additional hassle and pain, which you would get during a divorce.

However, you can't tell people what they can and can't do over something like marriage, which really doesn't cause that much harm. Yes, a divorce is painful, but so is any break up! You gonna make break ups illegal as well?

Also, a looooot of businesses would fail, so this doesn't just effect couples. It effects caterers, and bridal shops and even the holiday business(honeymoons).

Marriage is very important to a lot of people, and just because you don't want to get married, that doesn't mean that everybody else shouldn't. Some people feel closer because of it, like they're part of a team, let them! So, I don't think it should be illegal, I just think people should take the decision of getting married more seriously.

Then lobby the mega-billions insurance companies, retirement and investment companies, and any other such company to provide for and take into consideration 'girlfriends/boyfriends'. Good luck with that.

Marriage gives rights and relief under the law. It also is important in itself to most people who get married. So what if people get divorced?

Why be against marriage when it can give so many benefits, why not argue for banning divorce? It makes more sense.

Really, neither argument makes any sense. Leave it alone.

If you don't want to get married then don't, don't take away other people's right to. You never know which of the % of couples who get married will get divorced, so how can you logically ban it all together?