If you're not a Christian, is there any point to marriage?

Legal protection

Marriage is not a religious thing, its a legal thing, Which is why gay marriage should stand.


Dont look at me, look at the chirstians who also dont follow until death do us part and no-fault divorces.

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Anything. Loving Jesus is the highlight of my life.

Fact, marriage didn't start until Christianity came around.

yes. to produce intelligent and mentally healthy offspring.

Marriage has been around longer than Christianity, my dude.

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Good marriages are the common denominator in the large majority of good, productive families.

Good, productive families are the bedrock of our culture and society (or were).

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All serious studies looking at outcomes for children support the notion that having two functional parents in the same house is the single biggest differentiator between success and failure for children.

A black child from a two parent home is statistically more likely to have a positive outcome than a white child, even compared to a white child with two parents living together for example.

The short term needs of a parent should be secondary to those of their children, but most adults were never taught how to have a successful marriage in the first place so we see chaos and unreasonable expectations lead to unhappiness and the perpetuation of toxic behavior.

I think Jews, Hindus, and most Muslims tend to mate for life, too.

marriage was a thing long before Christianity was thought up

if you don't have kids then there isn't really a point other than taxes and showing commitment.