michaelblume asked:
thathopeyetlives answered:
I sorta agree with that from a strictly practical public policy standpoint. Trying to fight SSM, and then not getting anything out of it when losing? Terribad idea in hindsight. That probably wasted most of the capital that could have been used to make covenant marriage law much more common or to make family law customizable so that the faithful and the obedient could make the law surrounding their own marriages conform to the law of the Lord.
I of course didn’t write that ask, and wasn’t thinking primarily about SSM – I now recognize that I don’t actually know what date interracial marriage stopped being so stigmatized.
But as far as the actual views of what marriage is, or what marriage is for, I don’t see SSM as a “tiny blip” although I do see divorce as being significantly more serious.
Considering how other societies that aren’t Christian also have marriage - and even monogamy - I suppose I don’t really see it the same way as you do.
It is necessary to create and raise the next generation, marriage creates a system of responsibilities, rights, and obligations designed to make this more practical. In the 20th century and onward, it’s also a way for organizing our lives around a dedicated partner who won’t leave us, and for marking out our family.
We are born social creatures. To be alone can be dangerous, in addition to being unhealthy.
Marriage as it currently exists creates friction of entry/exit, which is important WRT incentives and not leaving when things get a little rough. It’s vitally important in many other areas of our society as well, such as immigration.
I guess I’m not explaining myself very well. I’m rather tired.
Basically all the purposes that I as a nationalist and a statist want marriage to serve are also mostly served by gay marriage (or civil unions), but not by polygamy or easily-dissolved LTRs. (And you may have already read me criticizing polygamy.) I can make a Nationalist case for monogamous marriage which is defensible from a secular perspective, even in this era.
But then again, once upon a time on this very website, I encountered a poster arguing that even non-Christian rulers unwittingly serve the will of God.
