What would happen if Marriage was treated like a business transaction?

bar9018: What would happen if Marriage was treated like a business transaction?
I would say if a priest, rabbi or iman wanted to marry two women and call it a marriage that was their right. Thus, marriage is not religions it is a product bought and sold like anything else.

What do y’all think?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Jack
Hi Guy,

You’re correct. In the eyes of the state, marriage is a “contract” like any other transaction. The fact that it is a contract is what enables them to regulate it.

Long before some states legalized gay marriages, some churches performed marriages among gays and lesbians. That’s fine. Freedom of religion allows them to believe whatever they want to believe. But that belief does not have the force of law unless the state signs off on the legality of the transaction.

Your assessment is therefore spot-on. Whatever romantics may say, in the eyes of the law, marriage is a contract like any other business transcation.

Cheers, mate.

Answer by maxmom56
That’s actually how marriage was treated until very recently especially among the upper classes. It’s been rejected in favor of “true love” and a divorce rate in excess of 50%.

Answer by wartz
I think marriage is the union of a man and a woman and that the definition is unchangeable.

Answer by Tim
hey .. in most cases it is. just try to get out of one.. it is only a love and religious union as long as all parties are happy.

Answer by Witchy
I agree somewhat. I’d just give marriage back to the various religions to do whatever they want with it. I see it as a religious rite more than anything else. So, I really don’t think that the government should be in the business of defining, acknowledging, or determining government benefits based on whether or not someone goes through a religious rite.

If people want the government to recognize anything they can have a civil union type of business contract to join their assets. As with any other business contract, the government shouldn’t care about the genders, race or even the number of people involved. It’s just business.

Answer by christina p.
Psssh, it is a complete pink slip. $ 60 bucks will sell you a useless husband/wife.