Wow. Marriage comes up as an orange ray blockage

[Monica]

This basically says that marriages as opposed to free acceptance of and giving to other individuals are a manifestation of the orange ray ownership blockages/distortions that were chosen by entities in the past, and then, these affect/taint entire societal mind through shared racial memories.

I think it's important to differentiate between the term marriage, as is commonly used denoting a legal arrangement, from the term marriage, when referring to a relationship based on free acceptance/giving.

ie. the institution of marriage, as a construct, as opposed to any given relationship.

Thus, not every marriage relationship is based on orange ray blockages/distortions.

It is the institution of marriage itself, ie. the contract of marriage, that Ra is referring to; as opposed to a love/acceptance-based relationship that might blossom from within said contract.

Whereas the necessity for marriage as a construct in our society indicates that society, as a whole, views it as something that is required, to impose rules on an other-self, that does not preclude individual couples (who happen to be legally married) from enjoying a healthy relationship relatively free of such blockages, regardless of whether within or outside of the legal construct.

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I would say, Ra is criticizing our very hypocritical institution of marriage,
but one thing that is very clear to me is that Ra is not criticising monagamy.

Agreed. This is an important point.

In fact, Ra seems to indicate that a mutually committed monogamous relationship offers a strong potential for higher energy exchange.

But that monogamous relationships allow one to polarize more rapidly because they require a great deal more discipline and commitment to enter into them, as a "program of service", and that the other, less strong types of relationships, lack that.

Monagamy, of course, does not require marriage

Agreed.

I find it curious that some of my friends who subscribe to fundamentalist Christianity, consider sex before marriage the ultimate 'sin,' often preferring that teens avoid any sexual contact at all (even kissing) until marriage.

In many of these cases, the young people end up stuck in a loveless marriage, but it is considered 'acceptable' because of the legal contract.

While, in contrast, those who have not legally married, but have genuine love and commitment to each other, are considered 'living in sin.'

That's so twisted!

Thanks to the hippie love generation, these outdated notions are no longer considered the norm, and now it is common for young couples to test the water by living together before getting married. Yet, the fundamentalist movement is working very hard to keep such controlling mechanisms in place.