Hello to you again Musicmaster,
As stated previously before to you is that - to the notion of God's look at marriage.
The template that we have is the Bible, right?
Genesis 2:
23And the man said:
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for out of man she was taken.”
24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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25And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
Here in Moses's writing of Genesis, you can see here that when man look at the woman he deems her as acceptable from God saying this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, and she shall be called 'woman', because created from man, who was created from dust.
Because of them having the parts to connect each other, one with a penis, and one with a vagina the connection goes for them to become one flesh.
Moses writes onward saying For this reason a man will leave his father and mother - moving forward in their lives to have their own family in which the man and woman become united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
This is what Marriage is. It's the connection of two people by SEX, in which the man cleaves to his wife, becoming one flesh.
This is a highly important principle when teaching children about sex. Most say do not have sex until your married in the sense of the world and how the template is for a person to go and get married in a church and yada... yada...
Because if a Child is taught "Hey, son or daughter - when you find a person that you want to be with forever, understand that God has made you to be able to have sex, because he desires for people to procreate if they is what they choose to do in their life, but understand that once you do this, that will be your husband, or that will be your wife"
If people go and with this and a woman or the man says to themselves "Oh no I made a mistake when I had sex with that person - what do I do now?"
The only option really is to go to God and talk to him about it as God still loves them and cares for them, despite a mistake, but they will go on to make wiser and smarter choices, do you think?
As major said to get a certificate through the State does have its benefits, but God sees marriage when a man and woman become one flesh - leaving their mother and father - who were their parents now they are going on to perhaps be parents, or just stay together becoming on flesh without children, as it is not demanded.