My choir, Amphion, just sang this last year. I love this song. We sang it with a slower tempo though. I love Eric Whitacre’s works. Thanks for the vid.
response to Aphotic
Just the word marriage means a lot to some people. A lot more than something “dry” and lawyerly sounding like “civil union”. Also, they feel like a civil union is not the same as a marriage, just some technical thing. Also, regardless of how marriage is not inherently a religious institution, people think it is or treat it as if it were. While these arguments are rational and logical, rationality and logic have no place in love.
Those are the views I have observed.
I agree whole heartedly. We sang With a Lily in Your Hand last year, and this year we are singing This Marriage in choir. His never ceases to bring out some of the strongest emotions in me.
Marriage can be traced as far back as, and probably farther than, Hammurabi’s Code, and it was a legal institution. It can only be guessed as to what the original purpose of marriage is. It could have been sexual rights to the woman the man was marrying, or paternal rights to whatever children they had had or would have had.
Even in European history, marriage was a business agreement between two families.
As far as I’ve ever seen, there are two arguments for same sex marriages. Love, and the rights obtained through marriage. I give you this: if a man truly loves another man, why is marriage such a necessity? Can they not love each other if they aren’t married? And then isn’t it just about publicizing their love? If it’s rights, what’s wrong with a civil union? Why does it have to be a marriage?
That said, marriage IS NOT inheritly a religious institution, let alone a Christian institution.
Well I’m glad you feel sorry for those people, Mr. Biggot. Hopefully it deflates your head a bit. People can love whether or not they believe in God. It’s an emotion. Unless you’re a robot, you’re capable of it. Sure, some people like us accept marriage as a means to become closer with God, blah blah blah, but that doesn’t make everyone else less human. Your beliefs are bitter. Stop shoving them down our throats.
And PLEASE keep your self-contradictions to a minimum.
This made me cry.
NOT!
Anyone want get married
You are correct. Because from my experiences, love is NOT rational. Love is NOT logical. Excellent point.
sang this for Eric Whitacre, and made him cry (: Have to say, our choir was very proud of themselves.
My choir sang this, sleep, lily and lux, for Eric Whitacre himself and it was absolutely amazing.
Or between two men, or two women.
beautiful, marriage between a man and a woman
its so free and hauntingly ethereal :]
Beautiful song.
my choir sang this last year, and i must say it is probably one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard. hands down
My choir, Amphion, just sang this last year. I love this song. We sang it with a slower tempo though. I love Eric Whitacre’s works. Thanks for the vid.
i just love this song!!! my choir is singing it this year…hope we can pull it off! lol
response to Aphotic
Just the word marriage means a lot to some people. A lot more than something “dry” and lawyerly sounding like “civil union”. Also, they feel like a civil union is not the same as a marriage, just some technical thing. Also, regardless of how marriage is not inherently a religious institution, people think it is or treat it as if it were. While these arguments are rational and logical, rationality and logic have no place in love.
Those are the views I have observed.
I agree whole heartedly. We sang With a Lily in Your Hand last year, and this year we are singing This Marriage in choir. His never ceases to bring out some of the strongest emotions in me.
omg why the f does this have to be so gorgeous…
“I am out of words to describe how spirit lingers in this marriage…ahh ohh ooo”
I can’t take it.
This song always gets me…it’s so beautiful!
*eyes water* I love the way this piece is sung!!
It’s because “separate but equal” has never, EVER worked in ANY human society.
For about three centuries after Jesus Christ’s death (the beginning of christianity) marriage was viewed as a private, and required nothing religious.
In the twelfth century, marriage and love were thought to be INCOMPATIBLE.
It wasn’t until 1563 that it was even required to have a priest overseeing a marriage.
Make no mistake, marriage as a religious institution is still a *relatively* new thing, and marriage certainly isn’t based on any religion.
Marriage can be traced as far back as, and probably farther than, Hammurabi’s Code, and it was a legal institution. It can only be guessed as to what the original purpose of marriage is. It could have been sexual rights to the woman the man was marrying, or paternal rights to whatever children they had had or would have had.
Even in European history, marriage was a business agreement between two families.
As far as I’ve ever seen, there are two arguments for same sex marriages. Love, and the rights obtained through marriage. I give you this: if a man truly loves another man, why is marriage such a necessity? Can they not love each other if they aren’t married? And then isn’t it just about publicizing their love? If it’s rights, what’s wrong with a civil union? Why does it have to be a marriage?
That said, marriage IS NOT inheritly a religious institution, let alone a Christian institution.
nice try buddy,,but i got big stinky hariy balls too,so smear your own ass in shit,,bye mom!!
um maybe man had a fucking brain and made it himself…
Well I’m glad you feel sorry for those people, Mr. Biggot. Hopefully it deflates your head a bit. People can love whether or not they believe in God. It’s an emotion. Unless you’re a robot, you’re capable of it. Sure, some people like us accept marriage as a means to become closer with God, blah blah blah, but that doesn’t make everyone else less human. Your beliefs are bitter. Stop shoving them down our throats.
And PLEASE keep your self-contradictions to a minimum.
AMEN!! my friend!