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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen 
If mutual love and respect becomes a prequisite for marital union, then I imagine that at least half of the current marriages in the country will have to be immediately dissolved.
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Originally Posted by krashkart
Good points. I wasn't going after prerequisites, but I would certainly have to agree that a percentage of marriages would be considered illegal in such a case.
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Good point, and it helps bring into focus the difference between a reason to get married and the right to get married.
I don't care why people marry each other as long as they do it by mutual consent (which implies mutual respect), with each person free to make an informed decision about it and for reasons that they themselves have agreed make marriage a desirable option.
Whether or not they have a
right to get married has nothing to do with their reasons for wanting to do so, and IMO no list of presumed "acceptable reasons" put forward by anyone else should have any bearing on their right to do so.