Is Cohabitation Immoral?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I agree with General Mung Beans and realisticidealist in principle but I recognize that many people's lives don't actually work that way and it's often not really their fault.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I agree with General Mung Beans and realisticidealist in principle but I recognize that many people's lives don't actually work that way and it's often not really their fault.

I think most people's lives work that way and never would have but for the veneer of a marriage as being the only way in which sexual relationships could be established. I think marrying prior to establishing sexual compatibility or even establishing a personal space can be quite dangerous.

I definitely agree as far as the personal space side of things goes. I'd say it's a downright good idea to at least spend some time feeling out the basic elements of space-sharing and going about daily life together before getting married and perhaps before deciding to, and a bad idea not to. I don't feel that way about sex but, well, I wouldn't know, really.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

If they're having sex, then yes. If not, then it depends.

Sex can be immoral, but whether that's the case has little to do with whether or not the people having sex have a marriage license.

I don't think it's the civil aspect of marriage that people who believe this generally find important.