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Origin of marriage?

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XtRemE11
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Where/how/who did marriage originate from? Did it begin as a religious/spiritual practice? Or an instinctual practice to ensure the survival of an offspring? There's a lot of crap going around about marriage, divorce, gay marriage, it's ties to Christianity, etc..

Id like to know where it started and how it came to be as it is now.

Any thoughts?
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DIX~
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Softer than baby shit
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Jeebus.
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Marriage was invented by the corporations, man, to prevent men from having sex, and in order to sell dresses and rings, man.
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JAHpow
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Last time I checked Newschoolers isn't Google.
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SFB
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jesus christ are you in 3rd grade.
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act.resist
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here's the answer for you

http://tinyurl.com/kjoeyge
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SFB
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hahahahahahahha
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WU-sconsin
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I'm pretty sure it started from Christianity and it became a sign of union between man and woman. But why don't u use fucking google?
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WU-sconsin
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That's a genius answer
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-MK-
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Woah
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shorty_T
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Started when barbarians would tie up women as their slave. When the woman stopped trying to escape, the man would tie a string around her finger as a reminder.
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whoa-dere
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how did homosexuality originate? that's a better question.
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SFB
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marijuana
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Jeebus.
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In ancient greece, every single woman had an STD so they resorted to boning dudes.
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act.resist
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Evolution
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whoa-dere
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some guy just thought it was a good idea to put his dick in another man's bunghole?
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neutralzombie
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am i the only person who looks things up/ dictionary/ encyclopedia/ wikipedia/ random books anymore?
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Wolfgang.
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Pretty sure it was invented last week, some bros in the bro-lab, combined highly volatile compounds together and marriage was founded. Everyone has been given the memory of its eternal existence. But hey, whats my truth against everyone elses.
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spliff.Life
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money
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milk_man
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Can't tell if serious or not...


Hopefully not serious because even though I don't believe in evolution I know the concept
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freestyler540
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I know the answer in general. But, I am not doing your paper.

Look up antiquity marriages through the renaissance ages. That is were most concepts of marriage originated. Here is a sparknote: marriage was based on wealth and fortune, not love or sex.
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act.resist
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If evolution is true then homosexuality is clearly part of it. Or so said Aristotle, who noted that both masturbation and homosexuality are part of natural selection. Which makes sense because you obviously aren't reproducing when you partake in either of them.
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act.resist
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is that how you think evolution works?
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