Meaning of marriage

When I was a youngster, the popular catchphrase was that “marriage is meaningless”.

Marriage is just a bit of paper. What difference does it make?’ I grew up and thankfully ignored the prevailing “wisdom”.

Instead I met, and married, the world’s most wonderful woman. Now it seems the “popular voice” has decided marriage is no longer “just a meaningless bit of paper”. In fact, marriage has become so important, the popular voice is now saying it’s a human right and everyone simply must have it.

The same voice can’t be right on both counts, so it must either have been wrong back then, or it must be wrong now. It doesn’t inspire much confidence in the popular voice.

But like I said — it’s a funny old world.

Nick Folley

Carrigaline

Co Cork