Re:Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules
by ggchappell on Friday June 26, 2015 @05:17PM
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Correct me if I'm misunderstanding things, but your comment suggests that you think marriage started as a religious thing and then later became a legal matter.
This is not the case, at least in western/european culture. In fact, the reverse is true. Marriage was not thought of as a religious institution until pretty late in the game -- certainly not until after 1000. (For example, marriage was not declared a sacrament until the Council of Trent in the 1500s.)
This is not the case, at least in western/european culture. In fact, the reverse is true. Marriage was not thought of as a religious institution until pretty late in the game -- certainly not until after 1000. (For example, marriage was not declared a sacrament until the Council of Trent in the 1500s.)