The main reason marriage is such a hasstle in the west in the divorce settelment babe:)

Marriage is important because it signifies commitment ( especially to women )..

Women all around the world are mostly of the mind...Why wont he marry me, am i not GOOD ENOUGH!!!loooooooool

The main idea about marriage , is for the " breed" 2 be clear...

If we go around fucking like bunnies with no restraint whatsoever, the result is an entire society of bastards ( litrally), and an absloute feeling of not belonging, which in its turn will sabotage the society..

Hence , making both marriage and divorce easy ( as in Islam ), makes it ok to explore ur desires and attractions towards someone, be them sexual, emotional, or whatever, and if u should feel its not working out..u can pull out..

God doesnt Shun divorce according to Islam..Not like catholicism for example...

On another note, bieng a political scientist, Its known to us ( politicla scientists that is), that the civility of any human society is directly reflected in the amount of order that regulates interhuman relationships..

and whats a more ancient and frequent human interaction that that that occurs between men and women??

To totally abandon any kind of " framework" for marriage , is to set the human society and civilsiation thousands of years back into the law of the jungle, and reduce humans to animal status..( in my openion at least)..

From another presepctive, if u ( or anyone ), feels that sigining a paper and wearing a ring is such a meanigless task/act..then why not just why not just do it ...it doesnt cost u anything, and u can always pull out at anytime ( by getting a divorce)..

i understand this arrangment can be quite hefty ( especially in north america) where divorce settelments can be very financially insain, but thats the bueaty of Islam in my openion..

U r in , u r out...u know what ur rights are, and u know what ur obligations are, and both the man and woman have the legal righ to pull out at any time...

Before u bite my head off about the ridicous marriage customs of the arabs, ( and i agree that they are totally ridiclous), u must understand that these are ARABIAN CUSTOMS, and have absolutely no root whatsoever in the religion...

so here u go, my bit hehe

enjoy and have a good one

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