Marriage of couples is religious in origin and related to the ancient Mother God, Mary.
This was the sun-star of Islam that appeared at the peak of the Ziggurat.
'She' was stylised into a woman whose image became so appealing that men eventually thought they could 'marry' her.
Note the similarity between 'marry' and 'mary'.
The five-point sun star is displayed on the Islamic flag where it is cradled in the arms of the crescent moon.
This was once 'mon' from which 'Monday' is derived.
In some languages, e.
g.
Celtic Scotland, 'mon' is 'man'.
The image is, therefore, the marriage of the sun to the moon.
Human endeavours rarely stop with notions but are almost always transposed into actions.
To marry Mary men died on crosses at dawn so as to rise with the sun into the sky (heavens) with her.
The problem is that this is hidden in the cover-up of religious origins perpetrated by all modern faiths.
The Old Testament does not order people to be married.
The New Testament does because it was ordained by the Catholic Church after it was established by Constantine in 325 AD.
He was an Islamite and descendant of the Amors of Babylon.
They are the ones who built Roma (reverse Amor) and became the Romans.
They took their Mother God with them as they raided, stole, enslaved, murdered and occupied countries from Babylon to Britain and everywhere in between.
The romantic notions people have of the Romans is enhanced by authors who overlook their evil for the sake of a good story.
Marriage is a way the religions use to get people involved in what the hierarchy preach.
It is not from God while it is attached to Islamic principles that should not be considered in this day and age.
It is simply a way by which organisations increase their power and control over all aspects of an individual's life.