because it's not Christian like, but calling your own daughter a prostitute is... :)
You are so fast in grabbing that one up ... :) ... give a little time for me to answer.
But can you not have respect and values being together without being married.
No.
Can you not still have high standards and morals.
Maybe about everything else ... not in doing such a deed, its below even low standards and morals in the concept of family and society. Its a great work of man and woman, that is to build a healthy and functioning family which would give way to a community and a society. To deny this responsibility, and infact to harm or move away from it, to reject it ... is definitely not a respectable or honorable thing to do.
By saying this I am not stopping anyone. Everyone is and should be free to choose. But its surely not something I have seen to work in the proper way a well selected and maintained marriage does.
High standards and morals also involve taking care of the spouse, being understanding, honest, loving and integrate each others family into a good and healthy family circle. This must continue in all stages of life, youth, middle, old and then the spirit. This is true and proper marriage. Certainly in between there can be anger, few screams, maybe a tear ... but never they come because honesty or love was compromised ... but because of petty matters which occur in life.
A strong marriage is the marriage I am talking about. Not the one done to show off.
Why the need of this calification that you are together just to be valued? I think you can be committed and not married. Thousands if not millions do it everyday.
This is an institution, for any clarification. It is not "valued", but it is a "value" a "blessing" ... a declaration ... a commitment ... responsibility ... right ... honor and an act of CONFIDENCE. I say "WHY NOT?" ... what is the problem? ...
Millions of people take drugs everyday ... it doesn't make it right.
Obviously you feel the need for the state to sanction your love life with a written contract. However it's not for everyone.
Did I say that?
Unless it comes from a person's own understanding and heart ... state sanctions of anything of that kind is useless. In any condition I am in favor of freedom to all ... I live on a balance, you don't need to think in extremes only :).