I have been asked to comment on how a Humanist approaches marriage.
I am happily married so I suppose I am as good an expert on happy humanist marriages as anybody else.
So here goes.
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To me, marriage is both a social contract and a legal contract.
It’s an agreement between the two of us to share finances and to partner together to tackle this thing called life.
Having someone I trust to be there to pick up my slack when I falter is great!
And, this social contract called marriage has other “benefits” too.
We aren’t just economic partners; we get to have sex together too!
I can also sue him if he has sex with anyone else.
Not too many legal contracts have that sort of make or break clause in them.
Marriage isn’t a sacred institution, but it’s still pretty awesome. .
I love being married to my husband.
He makes my life easier and happier.
That’s what marriage is.