What is the purpose of marriage?

to be forever unhappy of course

The purpose of marriage is to bind one another together in love. To help eachother perfect themselves and stay on the path that will lead them to the most happiness. However, I think the main purpose of marriage is to have children and raise them up in a loving environment and teach them correct principles and prepare them for the world of tomorrow to start the same cycle. This quest will be done no better then with man and woman working side by side. Women have qualities and roles that man cannot fill. Nor can women fill the qualities and roles that men have. Hense why it's important to have one of each, a man and a woman.

It's different for different people. For me, personally, it would be partnership and security. And assloads of gifts.

for sex

to have kidys

and for love

It's different for different people. Some people just want the financial benefits of marriage (joint taxes, health insurance, living wills, etc) and some people want the feel of a "cohesive family unit" when they have kids.

Marriage has a number of purposes. The fundamental purpose is to encourage stable family building. Human beings, in their formative stages, respond best to a situation in which there are adult role-models of each gender demonstrating warmth and affection. Marriage is also a legal contract which obligates the two parties to share their material wealth and debts , to file joint income taxes and to provide for any offspring which may result. Marriage is also one of the rites of passage in most religious traditions; the others being birth, adulthood and death. These days, marriage has become primarily an excuse to throw a party, be the centre of attention and receive gifts.

Marriage serves a different purpose for different people. There is no one answer that can be given that would cover the myriad reasons why people get married. Some do it for love, some for companionship, some for financial gain, some for creating a family, etc. There are as many reasons, separate and combined, as there are people on the planet.

You tell me.

Companionship.

I don't think "marriage" happens with just a piece of paper.

mental cruelty

I think the purpose of marriage is to officialize what the two of you know or feel is a solid relationship. I personally don't think marriage is necessary.

I believe that the purpose of marriage is to reinforce that fact that a single person is entitled to all of your love, devotion, and protection. That this person is not only your best friend, but someone who can touch your life in a way that no other could. Someone you would want to be next to even if you could not walk or speak.

It's different for different people and for people in different roles. For me, personally, my marriage is about stating to friends, family, and the world, my commitment to my wife.

The church got involved with marriage a few centuries back as a way of getting more control over people. Governments followed suit as they separated more from the church.

I recently read a theory that one of the benefits of marriage to a society is that it gives men a reason to succeed With a wife and kids at home, they're given a drive to get up every morning and go to work. They note that societies which have followed this pattern have advanced quickly where others have not. As you might imagine, some people get royally pissed off by this theory.

I really dont know !!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know, other than tax benefits. I thought it over and this is my conclusion: I think certificates belong in a filing cabinet. The essence of love is in the heart, mind, and spirit. Oh wait... Isn't there some kind of infidelity clause? If so, that rules all, go legal. lol

The purpose of marriage is to completely fudge your self over in life.

To make a legally recognized and binding oath of love between two adults, often with the intent of starting a family.

For 2 separate people, (Man & Women) to become 1 in Gods eyes.
This way when you create children they are not Bastards.
Before I get screamed at for saying that. Look it up.
A Bastard is a Child born to a woman who is not Married.

Love.

It serves different purposes for different people. There isn't one set answer to this question.

Originally, to claim your woman and to make sure that no single guy gets a chance to have all the women and have them shared equally. Kinda like a socialist safety net, except with women counting as property. Then the feminists came and tried making it so that no one would own anyone. Since that failed, the only way to bring equality would be to make it so that the woman would simontainously claim and own her man as he did her. So now both the man and the woman own each other, which is how equality works.

Basiclly its a safty net so that no one ends up being all alone and have a sex partner here and there.

Search me.

How should I know? I've never been married and have no plans to get married, ever.

To tie to yourelf to another person forever - to declare you will love that person nd protect them - to allow them to merge their belongings with yours - to have children.

I will not say "Making Love each day and night" coz this is not the puspose of love.
The true purpose is to fullfil our needs!!!

I believe in the Biblical meaning of marriage.
Matthew 19:4-6 states:
"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
The passage above refers to Genesis 2:22-24
Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

And before anyone gets going on same-sex marriage, I believe that interdependent partners should all have the same legal rights (opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples, or interdependent relationships such as a person caring for an elderly parent).

tax breaks?

A Piece of Paper that gives you rights after your significant other is gone. You wouldn't want to be with someone a few years and then have to just walk away with nothing that the two of you may have together. SIGN IF I CAN"T....significant

Hmm, very interesting question. I am going to assume you want my opinion and not somerone else's. It is a personal decision for two people who love each other/are in love with each, other to create a union via ceremony.

Wow. alot of different opinions here. No wonder the government cannot make a stand on anything when it comes to two people who love each other.

Seal the deal.

let me know when u find out.

I don't think anyone knows the answer to that!

The purpose of marriage is the commitment.... The wanting to spend the rest of your life with your partner and your partner only. Vows mean more than just words...

Practically: Insurance. Superstitiously: Commitment.

To provide you with a legal piece of paper and for people that care it is part of their religion/spirituality. Without it they wouldn't feel right. Others don't care about the paper.

Taxes? So it's ok with your church to have sex?
I guess some people want to formally say 'I love you', some one loves me. Some one loves me enough to spend money to buy me a clear rock and some yellow metal. Make themselves feel wanted. I don't know. I know that I expect my girlfriend to be faithful but we can do that without being married.
Hey, I'm sorry. I'm being a hypocrite. I wear a ring.

To openly unify a man and woman in the eyes of god and the community.

At this point in time, it seems like marriage has become a convenience, and a way to make sure you get all the goods if your lover dies. It has ceased to be something that is taken seriously...what the purpose of marriage should be, however, is a way to show everyone else the love and devotion that you are putting in someone, for the rest of your lives.

The ultimate common sense definition and explanation:

Sex is for marriage; marriage is for sex.


Essentially, in its most successful model, and for it to play the most positive, purposeful role in society as a whole, marriage is a certification, registration, and proclamation that

1. A man & a woman intend on having sex
2. The man intends on doing everything he can to take care of, protect, respect, value, love the woman;
3. The man and woman certify & register for a potential family, and commit to learning all they can and doing their very best to raise that family in a nurturing environment.
4. The woman commits to taking a comforting, nurturing, life-giving role in the family, while relying on the security and provision of the man

Marriage essentially guarantees clean and secure environments and practices within the home. For example: it is next to impossible for two lovingly married heterosexual virgins, who have lived otherwise responsible lives, to engage in marriage-related activities such as oral & vaginal sex, & have such activity result in a crisis pregnancy, physical or emotional damage, or Venereal Disease. Marriage is the ultimate and only guaranteed "Protection" and the only “Safe Sex” (Planned Parenthood can no longer call teenage sex “safe sex”, because they know it isn't safe, and now opt for the term “safer sex”.)

The new word for real, true marriage (i.e. as aforementioned) - as the definition of marriage evolves within Western society during the 21st century - is "Unification". This is made to contrast the gradual shift of marriage being solely for heterosexuals, to being solely for homosexuals, and eventually becoming inclusive to bisexuals, polygamists, swingers, buggers, prostitutes, pedophiles, and incestuous relationships.

Civil unions are simply registrations for cohabitation or intimate interaction of any two or more persons, with the expectations of possible sexual or otherwise intimate activity; as contrasted with real marriage. Interdependent partners should all have the same legal rights (opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples, or interdependent relationships such as a person caring for an elderly parent), as should all human beings.

On the issue of homosexual marriage:

In modern society, there is a great need to eradicate heterophobia and homophobophobia, and put an end to the societal progression toward omni sexuality.

Perhaps people are born homophobic also.

Just as alcoholism comes from three different causes (according to
Alcoholics Anonymous), one of which is being born with deficient levels of dopamine, all of which are related to chemical imbalances of the neurochemical dopamine, scientific exploration of the biological anomaly known as homosexualism clearly points to its very probable cause being a treatable case of excess or lacking genetic substance, element, or compound. If people can use a 12-step program to treat themselves – albeit with some difficulty, resistance, and challenges - of a disease called alcoholism which they may or may not have been born with, then one can easily deduce…

Homosexuals are in fact not born homosexuals; they are likely born with a treatable deficiency or imbalance of one or more hormones, neurotransmitters, or other medical chemicals (one of them possibly being testosterone). Conclusive evidence has yet to prove otherwise, as repeated attempts to duplicate a study which claimed otherwise, has failed to reproduce results in favor of a “gay gene” and other eccentric hypotheses.

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To enslave men.

control

So women have a hold on a guy and can lead him around by the ring in his nose.