Comments on: Anarchy, State, and Marriage http://permakent.com/2009/03/03/anarchy-state-and-marriage/ Building relationships between people and with nature. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jonathan http://permakent.com/2009/03/03/anarchy-state-and-marriage/#comment-10180 Jonathan Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:48:31 +0000 http://permakent.com/2009/03/03/anarchy-state-and-marriage/#comment-10180 Marriage is a contract to establish a family corporation; to partake of many the benefits offered by this type of voluntary association, it is necessary to register a family corporation with the government (just as other acts of incorporations are registered). While it is true that most religious groups have their own ideas about marriage, we must admit that we find the institution of marriage even in atheist societies. Marriage is not purely religious, even though religions have attempted to control it. We should not cede all control over marriage to the religionists - and in fact, we do not surrender to the church on other important aspects of marriage. For example, some religions prohibit re-marriage after divorce among their congregants, but the government does not enforce this religious interpretation on marriage. Marriage is a contract to establish a family corporation; to partake of many the benefits offered by this type of voluntary association, it is necessary to register a family corporation with the government (just as other acts of incorporations are registered).

While it is true that most religious groups have their own ideas about marriage, we must admit that we find the institution of marriage even in atheist societies. Marriage is not purely religious, even though religions have attempted to control it. We should not cede all control over marriage to the religionists - and in fact, we do not surrender to the church on other important aspects of marriage. For example, some religions prohibit re-marriage after divorce among their congregants, but the government does not enforce this religious interpretation on marriage.

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