Today, most wedding ceremonies involve a religious service, which contains many traditional aspects that are significant culturally. The Christian service, for example, contains wording that has been unchanged since the 1600s. Jewish marriage rights occur under a huppah, a canopy that signifies the home, and the groom breaks a glass in recognition of the destruction of the Temple inJerusalem. In Hindu ceremonies, the bride and groom walk seven steps together, and the bride places her foot on a stone to symbolize her steadfast devotion. In other societies and religious traditions, rice may be thrown as a symbol of fertility, the hands of the bride and groom are bound with a silken cloth to symbolize their union, and the couple may share a drink of wine. NativeAmericans crafted special "wedding vases," pots with two necks, and the groom drank from one and the bride from the other.
.The United States developed a unique form of marriage during the 1800s, the "common-law" marriage. In a common-law marriage, a man and women are not united by any religious ceremony or legal document. Instead, they merely live as husband and wife, and present themselves as married to the world. The Americancourts held that because frontier life required people to be so mobile and live so far from one another, a promise between two parties was tantamount toa marriage contract. Common-law marriage is still with us today.
.The United States developed a unique form of marriage during the 1800s, the "common-law" marriage. In a common-law marriage, a man and women are not united by any religious ceremony or legal document. Instead, they merely live as husband and wife, and present themselves as married to the world. The Americancourts held that because frontier life required people to be so mobile and live so far from one another, a promise between two parties was tantamount toa marriage contract. Common-law marriage is still with us today.
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