re: #159 WindUpBird

Actually I disagree, because that word “marriage” is something people grab onto. it’s not an intellectual distinction, it’s a superstitious, traditional, emotional distinction.

The idea of matrimony is a religious one.

As time progressed, the state gave marriage a specific legal status.

Marriage is conflated with matrimony because for along time, matrimony- and then marriage (meaning a matrimony recognized by the state) was pretty much the sole purview of the religious institutions.

My point is there needs to be a real clarification of the distinctions. With that, an enormous amount of time and energy will wasted on a whole lot of stupid.