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Originally Posted by Knalus
I know where you are coming from, but it's more than that.
The definition is important even if it's just happening to you (and your spouse). It's about something important. Very few important things are undefined, and if they are, people do their best to define it. I got married. It has a meaning to it that was communicated to me what I had done. It's not just for mutual understanding, but for understanding oneself as well. At least this definition is.
And because it happened to me, and because it was important to me, it matters to me what happens to it, even if it shouldn't. Besides, if it wasn't important, and was easy to hand out like that, it wouldn't be worth fighting for, would it? In that case, it's important what the definition is even to those who disagree with parts of it's definition. Why not change the definition to "A marriage is a union between a man and a woman, or a man and a man, or a woman and a woman, and it doesn't really mean anything"? That's a poor way of conveying what I mean, but it does to some degree.
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How does granting the right of marriage to everyone impact your marriage in any way? How does it alter your relationship?
A marriage is essentially a contract between two people and the State. Anything else you ascribe to it is strictly a manifestation of your beliefs and practices. The act of others marrying cannot alter that.