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From: fderavi@cybavax.UUCP (F. Deravi)
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Subject: Re: Premarital Sex
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 17:53:05 EDT
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> Wonder how people feel about premarital sex. ...
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> Deepak S. Sabnis ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!dss00    (408) 746-6058
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> (Usual Disclaimer Here)


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The function of marriage, as I see it, is to provide a structure for
the formation of a physio-emotional relationship through the means of a
formal contract. Is there a need for a contract?  Consider what is at
stake -- a PER could potentially lead to new life ( the success rate of
contraceptives is less than 100% ).  So there needs to be a means of
safegaurding the interests of any potential babies, don't you think.
And there are other ways in which a contract can help. In the Islamic
tradition for example, after separation the woman must wait for 4
months before re-marrying. This is to clarify arrangements for any
child that she might be bearing.  This may prove to be difficult
without a formal contract. And so on ...

The problem may be  in regarding marriage as  more than a social
contract.
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