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					Originally Posted by kahljorn
					
				 As far as I know marriage in one form or another existed before christianity. | 
	
 Exactly!  The now-traditional Christian ritual is not all there is to marriage.  All it really has to be, if it has to be anything, is a recognition of someone's deep, long-term love for someone else.  That's 
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Edit: in case it sounds like it, I'm not contesting you, Kahljorn
Edit: typo correction