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Obviously, marriage has lost its value in many parts of society, due to the devaluation of the number of religious people.
Many non-religious people still yearn for marriage though. Besides the rites that take place during a wedding, they'll leave religious ideas out of the marriage. Maybe they'll adopt similar values, but they won't add a religious reasoning to it.
Which makes one wonder what is the purpose of a marriage in such a situation. If you're not religious, then why do you need a religious ritual to acknowledge your commitment to eachother. Of course it can be a nice symbolic gesture but there is no actual need for it.
Psychologically, things can change as it make you believe that because you're married to someone you're commitment to that someone is stronger than the sense of commitment in a relationship where people aren't at least engaged to eachother. But that's just a figment of our imagination.
And I won't knock on people who want to celebrate their love for eachother, more power to them. But apparently such a celebration often costs a whole lot of $$$, while there needs to be a minister involved. Their choice, but I'll pass on that.
I hear ya..