The origin of marriage isn't what Jesus says it was.
One of the justifications for traditional male/female marriage is Jesus' citing Adam and Eve as the first married couple. But there never was a first married couple. Humanity's origins are a bit more crude and certainly don't indicate such traditional one male/one female pairings that we're accustomed to today. The tradition of marriage is about 5000 years old. Going back further than that, it's generally agreed that families consisted of groups with many male leaders; multiple women with whom the men mated; and, of course, lots of children.
People can make the case for traditional marriage, but citing Jesus' reference to a first married couple doesn't really help. Marriage isn't something that began happening when human beings came to be. That's myth. Rather, marriage was non-existent for a long time after we originated (no real shock that) and evolved in many different iterations over time for different reasons.
One of the justifications for traditional male/female marriage is Jesus' citing Adam and Eve as the first married couple. But there never was a first married couple. Humanity's origins are a bit more crude and certainly don't indicate such traditional one male/one female pairings that we're accustomed to today. The tradition of marriage is about 5000 years old. Going back further than that, it's generally agreed that families consisted of groups with many male leaders; multiple women with whom the men mated; and, of course, lots of children.
People can make the case for traditional marriage, but citing Jesus' reference to a first married couple doesn't really help. Marriage isn't something that began happening when human beings came to be. That's myth. Rather, marriage was non-existent for a long time after we originated (no real shock that) and evolved in many different iterations over time for different reasons.
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