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Originally Posted by lrjohnson
Because sometimes silence leads to or is misinterpreted as acquiescence, I'm just going to pipe in that I believe that some unmarried couples are far more deeply commited than some married couples, and that I do not see preventing commited couples from marrying as any kind of protection of the culture. I'm not in agreement with many of you; debate would be pointless as we are pretty firm in our stands, I'm just speaking my peace.
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lrjohnson, thank you.
I have been biting back furious responses to this thread simply because lrjohnson is right - several people are obviously so firm in their beliefs that they cannot even fathom that someone might disagree with them.
However.
If you assume that because I am in a loving, long-term,
unmarried relationship, I am selfish; immature; partly to blame for the spread of STDs, HIV, and violence; and incapable of supporting a child in a loving environment, then you could not be more wrong. Every situation is not the same. I, too, know unmarried couples who are faithful, fabulous parents, and deeply in love, and I know plenty of married couples who are horrible parents, cheat on each other, and are far more immature.
I must thank you, though, because you have given my significant other and I hilarious bantering material about which one of us is more selfish and immature!
On a lighter note, I think that a wedding in a park wearing jeans and a t-shirt sounds heavenly. Should I ever have the desire to sign a piece of paper to make my relationship "legitimate," that sounds like a great way to do it.