Marriage is an inherently religious idea which has become entangled with civil law in virtually every country in the world. Here’s my take on it for what it’s worth.
In the United States, everyone is guaranteed “equal protection under the law” by our constitution. To me that means that everyone should be entitled to the same rights and privileges of a domestic union, regardless of what it’s called. If “domestic partnerships” are authorized in lieu of “marriage” they must confer the exact same rights and privileges granted to married partners; they should in fact be the identical legal construct as a marriage. This is just basic human rights and should be unquestioned.
With that being said, no religious body should be required by law to perform a ceremony of marriage nor should they be penalized for declining to do so. That is basic religious freedom and should be guarded regardless of whether we agree with their beliefs or not.
I would go a step further and completely sever the religious ceremony of marriage from the legal status inferred by it. People should be free to form and dissolve domestic unions regardless of the approval or lack of from any religious body. The state should define what marriage is and the legal and civil process for forming it without respect to the teaching and practices of any established religion. People obviously should be free to seek the blessing of their faith in forming a marriage but that blessing should have no bearing on how the state views it.
The Dominant has a vast repertoire of words and commands at his disposal. He wields instruments and implements of bondage, pleasure and pain and he holds in his hands the very life and soul of his submissive.
him. Why does he do it? Because he can, because she is so damned beautiful that way and because, despite her outward appearance and moans of protest, she is wet, very wet and very aroused. She is his and she will submit to his every whim in order to feel the way she does at this moment. In her bondage she is free; in her humiliation she is exalted. That’s why he does it.
What is it about restraints? What is it about a length of rope, a pair of cuffs, a simple blindfold. There is something deep and primal about the sight, or even thought of her helpless, unable to either resist or assist the Dominant as he imposes his will on her bound body. (Queue the cartoon of the caveman dragging his captive mate back to his cave by her hair.)
serve to remind her that she is “owned” and not in control. She has ceded control to her Dominant and the restraints remind her that he is in charge; He will set the pace and scene for his pleasure.
