But a marriage contract is typically sealed by consummation, so there's something inherently sexual about it.
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Most people consummate before marriage. These rules are all arbitrary. People do what they want. People have families and care for each other without a marriage contract.
We each have to choose the sort of environment we want to live in and I choose a better, more-married place than we have now, not a worse, more-ghetto one.
What you claim to be âbetterâ is just your opinion. Itâs what you think is better for you. You have not proven it to be factually better and itâs unlikely that anyone can. Some people would disagree with you that this society is better. There are ancient tribes that openly reproduced together and believed that all the children belonged to everyone. People didnât kill each other for sleeping with women they liked because they didnât view any single woman as their property. They raised the children together as a community. It worked for them. Do I think itâs âbetter?â No I donât. I wouldnât live in a community like that. But thatâs my opinion and I have no right to enforce my opinions on what I think is better upon others.
You can't consumate a contract that doesn't exist.
It doesnât have to physically exist. A verbal contract is fine: âI love you forever.â âI will only be with you.â âI want to be exclusive with you.â
You say they are consummating before marriage (which is illogical) and then claim they are consummating after marriage (which was my argument).
A marriage contract is generally sealed by sexual intercourse conducive to procreation, which makes it different from other contracts.
You can't accidentally get knocked up opening a bank account online or getting a car loan.
Im saying these things are arbitrary. Some people get married without the intention of procreating.