Marriage due to your culture and religion : The American culture and legal system generally allow only one type of marriage. What type of bias does this embed in us?

Marriage due to your culture and religion

1) Identify three of your biases on marriage due to your culture and religion.

2) The American culture and legal system generally allow only one type of marriage. What type of bias does this embed in us?

3) The religions that people belong to and practice can also impact their biases toward marriage, depending on how their chosen religion defines marriage.

  • How does this influence your perspective of marriage in general? How does this bias influence your perspective on these specific types of marriage?
  • Why might these other forms of marriage be more successful or advantageous in certain contexts than the Western concept of marriage (based on love and monogamy)?