This Marriage
A pictoral creation put to the song “This Marriage” by Eric Whitacre
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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! :)
marriage is between any two people that love eachother. i dont understand why all the religious ass holes need to try to ruin someone elses happiness. it doesnt directly affect you, so shut the fuck up about it. are you marrying another man if your a man, or another woman if your a woman? if not, then SHUT UP!
I want this song to be played at my wedding. :)
People are able to love eachother without marriage or religion. I’m not religious and I don’t need to prove something to a person I love by marrying her. In my world a god doesn’t exist although there is love in my life.
Marriage is between a man and a woman of course :)
thats not true!!! some of the happiest people i kno are married with kids
good point,are u christian,,also i dont believe in evolution.but if man was always man,,who gave him the tools to survive?? like how to create and control fire,and make bows and spears to hunt?
People must understand that marriage is a religious process in which you grow closer to not only your lover, but closer to the Lord. And to you people out there who aren’t religious and who get married, I feel bad. Because without God, there is no love. And without love, there is no marriage. You see? It all ties together. The reason I feel bad for not religious people who get married is because marriage IS religious. I don’t have to say it again.
Well… Maybe this will change your mind. Marriage between two people is very a very blessed thing. There is no closer relationship with God than through marriage and it is a great thing that our Lord has given us the opportunity to do. And Marriage isn’t about Bills. No amount of money can even come CLOSE to love. If everybody were religious, there would be no stress in marriage, there would be understanding and love. Marriage is a sacred vow that you take before God.