When a millionaire from Toronto, Canada declined to pay anything to his former wife for her sexual dishonesty, the woman went to court got a ruling in favour of her. The honorable judge opined that marriage contracts require financial, not sexual honesty. I was appalled by the learned judge's decision if sexual honesty does not matter in a marriage then what is the moral basis of a marriage? The traditional perception of a marriage is undergoing shameful changes and in the circumstances when morality has become a matter of convenience we must be ready to see more obnoxious things. A man and woman can sleep with multiple partners and at the same time they can call themselves husband and wife and the society will gladly accept them in the spirit of individual freedom. For traditional people like us our powers to accept any more changes has been saturated.
I remember years before at my wedding day my father in law gave his daughters soft, trembling and beautiful hand in my hand and told me in a tearful and emotionally broken voice, my son God gave me this daughter to raise for you and today the time has come to return her back to you. From today her honor, safety and happiness are all your responsibility and I wish you for a blissful and happy life.
This separation of a father from his daughter was not an easy one. For any intelligent man this is a great responsibility which needs to be understood with intellect and wisdom. Marriage is not a contract only it's something more than that. Sex is an essential part of any marriage and that must be conducted with honesty and personal integrity. No dedicated husband and wife ever open up their marriage contract to see what is written there. They look into their hearts what are written there. Strict moral principles are to be observed by a couple in their sexual life. This is the bondage that cements the basis of a happy and blissful married life.
The changes we are experiencing now are the signs of a deeper sickness in the society.
Our lust has made the society reckless; immorality has been defined as personal freedom and the lofty ideals of highly moral society is becoming a matter of the past.
Akbar Hussain
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