Paul McCartney 69, is marrying a 50+. They may not be able to produce children by their own (not that I even think they plan to) and the social state doesn't allow them to adopt because they are too old (although there's no stipulated age limit for adoption in UK the social state may set one - in the Sweden, for example, the age limit is 42 years). For the world's best description of the "social state" please read Angels of Antichrist - kinship vs social state (the most important sociological paper from the last century). Btw, not only the social state but also other parts of the public sector possess characteristics not always so evident for the public itself. Take for example the boss of the firemen who hindered one of his men from rescuing a child because it would have violated the fireman's work safety rules. Moreover, the same authority could also hinder the public from trying to rescue the child simply because the responsibility of the fire struck property is now considered as temporarily belonging to the fire department. This problem is at the heart of the publicly tax financed public sector. And the tendency is clear, the more the public sector grows the more egoistic it becomes. And unlike corporations it hasn't to prove its quality nor to make profit other than for itself (again read Angels of Antichrist and you will understand this).
However, the question remains, what marriage is it we are talking about. Certainly not a religious one!?
Linda Eastman McCartney: “I've always hated religion. It's the most guilt-ridden, horrible thing. 'My God is better than yours, and I'm going to fight you and kill you because of your religion.' I think it's just a sick idea. You know how people are color-blind when it comes to other people - I mean, hopefully they are. Well, I'm religious-blind.”
Klevius comment: The first Christians opposed religious marriage because it hindered the equality of the sexes and the individuals. However, this was only temporary until the so called Church fathers intervened. You need to consider that marriage at this time was (and even more so in islam today) almost inevitable for Jewish girls/women.
A real and final separation of religion and marriage is long since over due despite the fact that the Human Rights act from 1948 in essence forbids sexist religious marriages as described above.
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