Marriage globally and historically linked to religion and spirituality

So in a response to my blog, a blogger from the USA suggested that “marriage” is a constitutional issue – not a religious issue.

In light of this I would have to question how were marriages defined prior to the introduction of the US constitution or in the case of Australia, the Marriage Act of 1961. In the absence of any law, how did nations, kingdoms, states and tribes and individuals define and solemnize marriages.

Overlooking the fact that marriage can be monogamous as well as polygamous, one common factor shared globally across nations, societies, tribes and tongues since the dawn of time, and before the passing of any legislation, is the fact that marriage is between man and woman.

Much has been written about the purpose of marriages in history – e.g. to secure ties between nations, trade, etc. But for the everyday person who did not have these grandiose ideas and opportunities, it was simply a special event to perpetuate the family line and to ensure that any property within the family was secure for the future generations of the family. In wealthier families it usually fell upon the husband to protect and to provide for his wife (or wives) and the children they had. In poorer families both husband and wife worked together to protect and provide for their children. This is still true throughout many civilisations today.

The introduction of the marriage act simply reaffirmed the natural laws of marriage, ensured the protection of the parties entering into the marriage, and ensured the uniformity of marriage laws across the country. It was never the intention of the law makers to redefine a natural law.

Further more, the vast majority of wedding ceremonies across all cultures and nations were conducted against a religious backdrop – whether the religion is monotheistic, polytheistic, animistic, ancestral. This has not change in several thousands years and continues to be perpetuated today in the vast majority of nations and cultures. For those who have never taken a trip abroad – DO IT and you will find that this is true! To argue that this is not a religious affair is a deliberate lie and reflects the arrogance and deceitful motives of those pushing the same-sex agenda who will twist the law to suit their purposes.It is also based on very narrow view of a minority who are intent on destroying the marriage institution itself. It is ultimately aimed at desacrelising and lowering the value of marriage.

And to prove this point of maliciousness, in the UK, a homosexual couple successfully sued a church who refused to conduct a same-sex wedding ceremony. Talk about bigotry! For a group of people who continually raise the separation of state and religion argument. For God’s sake – get a civil wedding if they want freedom from the so-called perceived shackles of religion which they have been so ardently promoting instead of being the malicious bigots and hypocrites which they try and make out Christians to be.