Sunday, August 11, 2013

The Sanctity of Marriage

I am very much for marriage, by the standards of our Creator.  Now the fact that I've failed at marriage more times than any one should even try hasn't jaded my perspective at all.  I do believe a blessed marriage would be a wonderful thing.  I am happy for those couples who find that.  My real topic here today is not whether marriage is right for all of us, but rather to suggest and even question if the sanctity of Holy Matrimony has been lost by giving authority to our government.  Who knows, if I'd have ever actually done it G-d's way, without the compromise of humanity, maybe even I would have had a successful marriage . . .

We speak of marriage as being ordained of our Creator, or even a sacrament.  Mikvah, Baptism, Bar Mitzvah, Passover, Communion, Shavu'ot, Rosh HaShanah, are all celebrations ordained by our Creator, as well, yet we don't apply for or obtain a license to celebrate those.  So, why do we actually seek the permission of our government to do what G-d already told us we could do?  While I'm on the subject of holidays.  If Christmas really was a religious holiday, wouldn't the government stay open?  Why doesn't anyone in power or government holler about separation of church and state regarding Christmas?

Back to marriage.  A marriage license is actually about creating a three way contract, between a man, a woman, and the state.  The benefits obtained for state sanctioned marriage are primarily financial, which is why the marriage equality act was in the news.  People want to say marriage is ordained of G-d, but the reality is, it's benefits are health insurance through employment, social security and medicare benefits in old age, and sometimes pension funds.  The downside is, the children produced in the marriage are a commodity of the contract.

Perhaps, with the blessing of G-d on Holy Matrimony, the so-called government "benefits" would not be necessary.

And YHWH shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which YHWH sware unto thy fathers to give thee.  Torah of Holy Scripture

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