beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days ago"Whoever invented marriage was creepy as hell. Like I love you so much I'm gonna get the government involved so you can't leave."message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-square"Whoever invented marriage was creepy as hell. Like I love you so much I'm gonna get the government involved so you can't leave."beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareitisileclerk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoMarriage as a legal status originated in religion. Governments are merely adapting what the church has been enforcing for centuries.
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoYou’re thinking of modern marriage and legal status. Marriage existed thousands of years ago separately from religion. It was about inheritance.
Marriage as a legal status originated in religion. Governments are merely adapting what the church has been enforcing for centuries.
You’re thinking of modern marriage and legal status. Marriage existed thousands of years ago separately from religion. It was about inheritance.