Ok, this is probably over-kill.

I had an interesting conversation with my fellow group-mates this afternoon. So there's 173 of us 1Ls (first-year law students) at UW. I'm in Group 6 (of 7), which has 23 students, including me. (Aside: Did you know my class is 2/3 women?) A few of us were talking Contracts, and we somehow got onto the topic of the institution of marriage. The pastor at Mars Hill (the church I'm a part of here in Seattle) and others talk about how marriage is a pretty funny, strange and CRAZY thing to get into, apart from believing that it's ordained by God and such. Heck, it's pretty crazy even when you do!

I mean, I agreed with my group-mates... it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have "the State" regulate your personal relationships and confer "status" on you, limiting and allowing as they choose. However, it does make a lot of sense when one knows that marriage is something God desires and delights in, and that can be a very beautiful and powerful symbol of Christ and the Church.

I like my group-mates. They've got a lot of opinions, which they aren't afraid to voice!