Why Get Married? An Interview with Rabbi Michael Cohen and Alison Hill – Episode 15
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Why get married? There’s little or no social stigma or legal penalty, at least in most Western cultures, for having sex, having kids, or owning property together as a couple without being married. So what makes marriage significant?
In this episode we put that question to Rabbi Michael M. Cohen and Alison Hill, a married couple from Manchester, Vermont. They share what they’ve learned about marriage from being married themselves for over 30 years (with a great origin story!), and then answer a listener question: the writer wants to get married before she gets pregnant; her boyfriend also wants kids, but doesn’t want to get married. Is this a deal-breaker?
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Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort
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