Write a note on marriage as a social institution.
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Marriage, as a social institution, is a fundamental human right and limiting that human right to 1 group in society only does not allow for equality.
The term ‘institution’ in this context means ‘a custom, practice, or behaviour pattern of importance in the life of a community or culture’. A social institution, then, is a custom, practice, or behaviour pattern of importance to society. Yes, I’d have to agree that marriage is a social institution.
Marriage, the Bill says, is a fundamental human right. The Bill refers, I assume, to Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
The statement as it stands has a lot of qualifiers. Men and women. Of full age. Free and full consent. The right is not an absolute. Come to think of it, that applies in general. Rights are always limited by the interests and rights of others. You have the right to swing your arms, but that right stops a short distance from my nose. You have the right to say whatever you like, but that right doesn’t permit you to tell lies about me. So you and I have the right to marry. But we must be unmarried and of age. Our prospective partner must also be unmarried and of age, and must consent. We cannot marry close kin. The proposed amendment does not remove any of these other limitations . So a limit on the application of the right is not, in itself, a problem.
It remains to be proven that the limitation of marriage to people of different genders is, then, an equality issue.
The Bill’s preamble claims that the prohibition on marriage between people of the same gender is a matter of discrimination, but to prove discrimination one must first prove harm. How are people in New Zealand harmed by making their public registered commitment under the Civil Unions Act rather than the Marriage Act? What are the differences between the two pieces of legislation that mean people are not being treated equally?
I heard someone on the radio claiming that he wanted the same right to marry as anyone other New Zealander. But of course that is exactly what he now has. He has the right, provided he isn’t married and is of age, to marry someone who is unmarried, not close kin, of age, and of the complementary gender, and who consents to marry him. He doesn’t want to do that, and – indeed – it would probably be quite wrong of him to exercise that right given that he is not attracted to members of the complementary gender. But he still has the same rights as any other unmarried person who is of age.
The term ‘institution’ in this context means ‘a custom, practice, or behaviour pattern of importance in the life of a community or culture’. A social institution, then, is a custom, practice, or behaviour pattern of importance to society. Yes, I’d have to agree that marriage is a social institution.
Marriage, the Bill says, is a fundamental human right. The Bill refers, I assume, to Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
(1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.(3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
The statement as it stands has a lot of qualifiers. Men and women. Of full age. Free and full consent. The right is not an absolute. Come to think of it, that applies in general. Rights are always limited by the interests and rights of others. You have the right to swing your arms, but that right stops a short distance from my nose. You have the right to say whatever you like, but that right doesn’t permit you to tell lies about me. So you and I have the right to marry. But we must be unmarried and of age. Our prospective partner must also be unmarried and of age, and must consent. We cannot marry close kin. The proposed amendment does not remove any of these other limitations . So a limit on the application of the right is not, in itself, a problem.
It remains to be proven that the limitation of marriage to people of different genders is, then, an equality issue.
The Bill’s preamble claims that the prohibition on marriage between people of the same gender is a matter of discrimination, but to prove discrimination one must first prove harm. How are people in New Zealand harmed by making their public registered commitment under the Civil Unions Act rather than the Marriage Act? What are the differences between the two pieces of legislation that mean people are not being treated equally?
I heard someone on the radio claiming that he wanted the same right to marry as anyone other New Zealander. But of course that is exactly what he now has. He has the right, provided he isn’t married and is of age, to marry someone who is unmarried, not close kin, of age, and of the complementary gender, and who consents to marry him. He doesn’t want to do that, and – indeed – it would probably be quite wrong of him to exercise that right given that he is not attracted to members of the complementary gender. But he still has the same rights as any other unmarried person who is of age.
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Marriage as a social institution:
- When there is a gathering of one group of people for a common purpose, it is called a social institution.
- Marriage is a process in which a man and woman are bound in a relationship for their lifetime and it is approved by society.
- Such a couple is called "a husband" and "wife officially".
- In marriage, a couple fulfills their needs of social, physical, psychological, cultural and economic with the approval of society.
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