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Subject: Re: I'm going to differ with you on a point....


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Date Posted: 11/03/04 4:36pm
In reply to: Princess C 's message, "I'm going to differ with you on a point...." on 11/03/04 1:54am

How far back are we talking? In the Anglo-saxon world, the church was a thing to fear as far back at 1400AD.

I didn't say it had anything to do with choice or love - marriage can still be an institution of the church, and is, as well as being used for personal, familial or financial gain. Just because they used a religious tie for political gain, doesn't make it any less a religious tie.

The mix of law and marriage is a relatively new one - two hundred years ago, the woman had less rights than her husband's horse. All the introduction of law into it has done is equalled up the rights of both parties. The church is an essentially chauvanistic establishment - the law turned around and gave people an out. Many people still maintain that divorce is not natural - once bound in the eyes of God, never to be torn asunder.

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Well......Princess C12/03/04 3:16am


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