I agree with you on the arbitrariness of marriage, i.e., that government-validated marriage is something that can be questioned and is man-made rather than written into a set of rules for the world.
Some time ago, I looked up 'marriage' in a dictionary, and there it said that marriage was recognised by someone/something else. That could be government, church or community. If marriage is that rather than just two people deciding to be involved with each other, then it seems less arbitrary that the government or state is involved.
Is it normal to think the government should be uninvolved in marriage?
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I agree with you on the arbitrariness of marriage, i.e., that government-validated marriage is something that can be questioned and is man-made rather than written into a set of rules for the world.
Some time ago, I looked up 'marriage' in a dictionary, and there it said that marriage was recognised by someone/something else. That could be government, church or community. If marriage is that rather than just two people deciding to be involved with each other, then it seems less arbitrary that the government or state is involved.