Is Marriage Sacred Anymore?

I def. view marriage as a sacred commitment. I believe that once you are married, you better learn before you get married that not everything is peaches and cream. its a commitment and you have to work at it every single day. Now a days people are moving in with their boyfriends, and I usually don't say anything because I never feel like its my place, they will do what they want to so why get on bad terms. Anyways. they are moving in with their boyfriends, and when I ask if they plan on getting married, they either say "eh..idk.. hes kinda immature" or "yeah, maybe." I don't believe in living with someone before you get married. but thats my own opinion. I was raised to be traditional. and thats the way that I am. - yeah i got married young but I would have rather had it that way then not. I HATE how people talk about divorce rates! I absolutely hate it. Why not talk about the marriages that ARE working out instead of those that aren't.. I think the media has a ton to do with it too.. all the tv shows and commercials* even make it seem like its okay to cheat and do this and that. I think its crazy how in the few years of my life, things have changed so much!

how can they be sacred since marriages are not made in heaven nor do they ensure bliss

I think it is all of those things. I think each individual determines what marriage means to them over the course of their life, based upon their own experiences, marriages they see around them, and their own values. I think each couple that marries creates their own marriage and meanings for that marriage. I say this because I spent a large chunk of my life never wanting to get married. My mother has been married 10 times. Literally. Most of the married women I knew were unhappy, abused, or felt smothered by their partners. I saw marriage when I was younger for all the bloody history it has, of being a tool of oppression and slavery. Yet, I am married now. What changed is that my partner spoke to me about the importance of creating your own commitments and meanings within a relationship. That our marriage would bear no burden of all the marriages that came before, and that our vows and bonds would be our own. They are our own. We have created for ourselves the vows and commitments we wish, and rejected the ones that are oppressive and harmful. While our relationship is not perfect and is just as much a struggle as anyone else's, it is ours, and we are walking the path we have chosen for ourselves. So to me, my marriage is sacred. Everyone else's marriage is whatever they choose to make it.

I definitely view marriage as sacred. As a Baha'i I view marriage as a sacred bond between two individuals who wish to spend their lives together loving and serving humanity. I am not yet married. I am still in college and plan to graduate first before I marry. When I do find the right one and decide to marry it will be for life. Marriage to me is not a business deal or a superficial thing. It is a spiritual connection with another person which should be considered sacred. A union of two peoples. The basic unit of unity which as a Baha'i I seek unity in every aspect of my life. Therefore maintaining a marriage as sacred is very important to me.

To me it is sacred. In our marriage I dont think there would be an issue or a problem that we cant fix (apart from posible abuse or affair). If I wanted to be free I would not have married.

I believe marriage is very sacred! I just got married a few months ago to the man of my dreams!! We were dating for almost 5 years and we got married! We had so many people tell us that because he is in the military that our marriage would not work out and that we would end up getting a divorce! I can not imagine my life without my hubby and even though being married can be tough you work through it! So yes marriage is very sacred to me!

There is a commercial that discribs most of the world today especially the US. You don't like your car, get a new one. Don't like your nose get a new one. Don't like your house get a new one. Don't like your spouse get a new one. I think that a lot of people look at marriage that way. They go into it will if it doesn't work out the way I want it to I'll get a new one. Relationships are hard work and few people really realize that. I view marriage as a sacred commitment.

Hmmm.... Marriage is not sacred to everyone, and all too often the wrong people are getting married. The important thing to remember is that marriage is still sacred to some people, and in order to know that marriage IS still sacred, one must seek out the people who agree that it is.

yeah good point here. my observations to marriage these days is no longer regarded as sacred to many. why? its easy for people to separate and simply file a divorce. there's no putting effort and value on the bond being made anymore. when something goes wrong, everything leads to breakup immediately without even putting up effort to patch up things and start anew or resolve the differences. what's more is that, majority of couples these days lose their romance once they tie the knot. their priorities lies on the kids and money making. no more on their feelings to one another. its a sad truth. :(

I think marriage is sacred when the husband and wife are Christians. I am not sure I can say anything in the non-Christians life is sacred because it doesn't have God at the center. In a Christian marriage, the husband and wife stand before the alter and make a covenant with God that they will love their spouse for as long as they both live. It should be a vertical commitment first which translates into the horizontal commitment with the other person. Marriage is not an easy thing. All Christian couples will face huge temptations and opposition because Satan wants to create strife between every Christian couple and destroy their marriage as it is something God instituted. I think more than anything what is sacred about marriage is that it ought to be firstly a covenant with God, and opposed to firstly a covenant with the other person. When you make a commitment to God, it is not dependent on the actions of the other person and therefore it must endure.

I view marriage as a sacred committment and not to be taken lightly but to be sure before you plunge in. but so many now just shack up and do not apparently intend to marry. I think that causes a lot of people to take things much too lightly and break up over really silly things.also marriage vows seem not to be taken seriously and when a few hard times crop up one or the other is ready to call it quits.what happened to better or worse,for richer and poorer, in sickness and in health.too many just do not take their vows very seriously.