Quote Originally Posted by Whacker View Post
People seem to have a hard time accepting that it's not just about children. Children and the legal responsibilities and priviledges that come along with that are indeed an important part of it for people who wish to reproduce. The simple fact is that there are thousands upon thousands of happily married couples who have zero desire to have children. They aren't a minority anymore by any means, I know quite a few personally, and some of the Orgahs here also fall into this category. Why get married if it's not for the children? It's pretty damn obvious actually. Legal benefits and protection, medical coverages and benefits, life insurance, power of attorney type authority in life or death situations for your partner, tax breaks (we take what we can get), the list goes on and on. So yeah, it's not primarily, just, or even mostly about children.
Married couples who do not intend to have children are still very much the minority, and those that do not intend to have children are basically taking advantage the benefits designed to encourage marriage for procreation (the tax breaks especially).