I have 62 years of experience and can say marriage is a good thing. Weddings, however, are a different matter. They are primarily ego trips for the mother of the bride - sometimes abetted by the bride and her grandmothers.
Glad to see you and I agree on another subject: separating the government's interest in marriage (a purely legal matter, ultimately) and that of religion's.
I have 62 years of experience and can say marriage is a good thing. Weddings, however, are a different matter. They are primarily ego trips for the mother of the bride - sometimes abetted by the bride and her grandmothers.
Glad to see you and I agree on another subject: separating the government's interest in marriage (a purely legal matter, ultimately) and that of religion's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw
this is always worth a chuckle!