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Marriage is defined as "the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law."<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage</ref> Though modern marriage is often done as adherence to religious faith, the origin of marriage predates many or all modern religions. Marriage was originally practiced as a sort of contractual binding or alliance between two families/clans/tribes.<ref>https://werdsmith.com/genesology/eIOCT11oJ#:~:text=The%20practice%20of%20marriage%20existed,and%20most%20all%20religious%20systems.&text=It's%20not%20a%20Christian%20religious,to%20the%20ancient%20Pagan%20cultures.</ref>

Marriage is defined as "'''''The state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law.'''''"<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marriage</ref> Though modern marriage is often done as adherence to religious faith, the origin of marriage predates many or all modern religions. Marriage was originally practiced as a sort of contractual, or rather covenantal binding or alliance between two families/clans/tribes.<ref>https://werdsmith.com/genesology/eIOCT11oJ#:~:text=The%20practice%20of%20marriage%20existed,and%20most%20all%20religious%20systems.&text=It's%20not%20a%20Christian%20religious,to%20the%20ancient%20Pagan%20cultures.</ref>