Paper Miracles

Author Maggie Gallagher says in this article “How can a piece of paper work such miracles? For surprisingly, the piece of paper, and not just the personal relationship, matters a great deal. People who live together, for the most part, don't reap the same kinds of benefits that men and women who marry do. Something about marriage as a social institution—a shared aspiration and a public, legal vow—gives wedlock the power to change individuals' lives.” These are powerful words, just the “social construct” piece alone is so powerful and we think this is the piece that’s consistently missed when discussing marriage. While this article gives a list of “Why Marriage (may be)is good for you” in our opinion it could certainly stress a little better “why” marriage is a HUGE part of the foundation for all that we do and become. The outline marriage lays for the husband, wife and children is unmatched. For the husband, marriage gives him the construct on how to teach & use wisdom when it comes to community, for the wife marriage outlines how to yield to authority while nurturing her community (notice we did not use the word submit or obey, (submitting is for the actual marriage/ obeying is for children) and marriage outlines for children how to obey morales and values set in place with in a healthy society. It’s recognized immediately as right and or wrong when they themselves start to produce citizenship. These are internal frameworks or built in human mechanisms we receive during the gestation period. When it’s unhealthy, it produces perpetual disastrous results, but when it’s healthy, we can hear it, and feel it even before we are born. It is a privilege to have certain constructs that help activate this framework or mechanisms, otherwise they lay dormant or become disfigured or warped.

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