This Is What I Think – Traditional Marriage Perverts the Tradition of Marriage

Over a summer of research, I learned a lot of surprising facts about the history of marriage and weddings, but by far the most shocking discovery of all was that the tradition of marriage-as-we-know-it simply did not exist in those days. Almost everything we have come to associate with marriage and weddings — the white dress, the holy vows, the fancy cake and the birdseed — dates back a mere 50 or 100 years at the most. In many cases less.

via This Is What I Think – Traditional Marriage Perverts the Tradition of Marriage. Traditional marriages, not so traditional.