Weddings’ and marriages’ place in community building
In which I discuss the pomp and circumstance of weddings. Open to see my evolution of opinion on why weddings actually matter.
I have the great fortune of being invited to some weddings this summer, so naturally marriage is on my mind. In particular, ideas of what marriage means and why we bother keep popping up. There's a lot of baggage and societal expectation around this particular commitment, and my feelings have evolved a surprising amount on it. . my background and baggage When I was religious, I had a very traditional view of marriage. I was also fourteen and had never been involved with another person romantically. As I shed much of the dogma, I found myself in an atheistic camp...