| A prevalent attitude today is frequently displayed by | | | | investment account statement, or a deed to the house |
| the words, "It's only a piece of paper." As in "Why get | | | | or farm? |
| married? It's only a piece of paper." Really? Is that the | | | | Well the answer is simple. To the people who actually |
| sum of marriage? In life we find that almost all things | | | | have or own a job, money, a bank or investment |
| of any value are accompanied by a piece of paper. | | | | account, these paper symbols mean much more than |
| For instance, odds are you came to this earth | | | | the paper that represents the corresponding value! It |
| accompanied by a piece of paper. Yes! It's only a | | | | represents an entitlement to a value that could be lost |
| piece of paper, but try to live without this one piece of | | | | and not easily replaced if not legally represented to the |
| paper and see what the consequence might be. | | | | society, the public or even the world at large to prove |
| First lets begin with trouble getting immunizations | | | | and maintain ownership. |
| against disease, (for fear of lawsuits) problems | | | | Therefore, if you ever hear the words, Marriage is only |
| obtaining admittance to elementary school, or to any | | | | a piece of paper, what you really should be hearing |
| school or college for that matter, no drivers license, no | | | | are the words "Marriage holds no value to me and |
| passport, no voting rights, no car, no car registration, no | | | | represents nothing that could not be easily replaced." In |
| real estate purchases, no real estate ownership, no | | | | other words "I'll just mosy down to the local bar and |
| credit cards, no legal employment, no bank accounts, | | | | fetch me another one of you." |
| no legal citizenship to come home after a trip, no real | | | | So in conclusion, if you are of no value and you can |
| way to cash checks, no way to rent an apartment, no | | | | easily be replaced, then go ahead and marry the |
| lines of credit of any kind and no way to prove who | | | | person who says "Marriage is only a piece of paper", |
| you are and where you came from. Without that one | | | | because in the end, it's all about them and nothing |
| piece of paper you would have to jump through | | | | about you. It truly is nothing personal. And the excuse |
| hundreds of assorted loops to obtain these simple | | | | to dump you will be the same reason they dumped |
| things and some things you just wouldn't be able to | | | | the last you; He/She is holding me back, or He/She |
| get. | | | | stops me from this or that, fill in the blank! |
| So you see, if you are a hermit and live your entire life | | | | Or He/She prevents me from achieving some goal. Or |
| in a cave, then it's agreed your birth certificate was a | | | | He/She is like dead weight I have to carry. See? All |
| waste of a perfectly good tree. But really, how many | | | | the excuses were all about them and their perceived |
| hermits do you know? Last time I checked we all live | | | | lack of something. It really is nothing about you |
| together as a society. So then! Why do we never | | | | because you are nobody in the eyes of these people. |
| hear anyone say "Oh, it's only a piece of paper." In | | | | You can easily be replaced. |
| reference to a pay check? Why do we never hear | | | | What it is in reality is a severe lack of respect for |
| anyone say "Oh, it's only a piece of paper" in | | | | other people. And you my friend are literally just |
| reference to a dollar bill, or a bank statement or an | | | | "another person that can be replaced". |