Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. It is an association that promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Marriage is a sacred union focused on shared life and loyalty rather than political projects.
- In plain terms
- Marriage values intimate harmony over causes or politics.
- What can you take from it?
- Marriage is a personal union not a political project.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes marriage sacred?
- How should marriage change?
Another view
This view may not account for evolving definitions of marriage.
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