Marriage

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Originally Posted by whorelover

Honestly I can not understand you people ...
What does "legally"?
The law is a gateway to a field just go crazy over it ..
Heh heh heh.
If your heart leads you to someone, what is the problem?
Why so insist on a written paper?
So you need the approval of society to love and live with someone?
Strange ...

Legal marriage, in most countries, brings with it certain rights and protections and financial benefits (taxes, for example) that make life easier to handle in a world already difficult enough to navigate.

Further, while it is true that a piece of paper does not prove love between two people, the absence of that piece of paper -- or, more important, the denial of that piece of paper -- creates the opportunity for other people to discriminate.