Well from what I understand…." marriage means is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock.
People marry for many reasons, but usually one or more of the following: legal, social, emotional, and economical; the legal establishment of a nuclear family unit; the legal protection of children; public declaration of love.[1][2]
Marriage practices are very diverse across cultures and may take many forms, and are often formalized by a ceremony called a wedding.[3] The act of marriage usually creates normative or legal obligations between the individuals involved. In some societies these obligations also extend to certain family members of the married persons. Almost all cultures that recognize marriage also recognize adultery as a violation of the terms of marriage.[4]
External recognition can manifest in a variety of ways. Some examples include the state, a religious authority, or both. It is often viewed as a contract. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution irrespective of religious affiliation, in accordance with marriage laws of the jurisdiction. If recognized by the state, by the religion(s) to which the parties belong or by society in general, the act of marriage changes the personal and social status of the individuals who enter into it. ‘’
Well to be honest, a friend of mine who was supposedly ‘gay’ is getting married today and it frightens me to know how one can change from being gay to straight and how this fine line between being gay or straight works. Are people who are bisexual more easy to understand or is just me who fails to understand what it actually means to be bisexual….? Am I afraid to lose my friend or be involved in a relationship where a man is married to a woman but has the hots for a man? I understand that some man marry for peer pressure and others have no choice due to being ostracized from their family or social gathering or anything similar.
This is what I came across today in CNN…
Programs to change gays to straights don't work, report says
Would people change and be what they shouldn’t be or what they want to be but can’t?I don’t know what situation I would have been in if I was forced to, but certainly I don’t want to be in his shoes….although I like my friend and am afraid of losing him and understanding that our friendship may not be on the same level anymore, and afraid of losing him but I guess am not judging him. He is doing what he wants to and is sure of that decision in life.
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