Marriage and Love

I LOVE THIS PIECE.  I agree with the first paragraph when she says that marriage and love are on opposite poles.  It is true.  Look at my biological parents relationship.  My parents had gotten pregnant with my older sister before they were married.  Because of the pregnancy, they decided to get married.  So, they got married because of a new life that they had accidentally made, not because they loved each other.  Also, they stayed together for a while before divorcing because of us kids, again, not because of love.  And when my father became very abusive, she did not stick around because of LOVE, she stayed because of FEAR.  I also agree with Emma Goldman when she says, "marriage is primarily an economic arrangement."  I know so many people who have gotten married so they could share benefits of insurance and the like, not because of LOVE.  Also, look at the fact that marriage is a trend, an "everybody's doing it" case.  Marriage used to be for people of certain religions, and look at how people who are not even remotely religious are able to get married IN A CHURCH.  I suppose that has nothing to do with marriage and love but I figured I would throw that in there.