# What's the Point of the Royals in Britain?

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**Created:** [December 13, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-the-royals-in-britain/563933 "2010-12-13T00:31:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-the-royals-in-britain/563933/67 "2010-12-15T04:57:37Z")

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> [@Stop proposing no-government-marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-proposing-no-government-marriages/563742/90):
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> What annoys me about it is that the proponents keep stating over and over as fact the opinion that the word “marriage” is properly confined to a non-government, religious sphere. It’s not a fact. It’s an opinion, and a decidedly minority one. Yet, this assumption forms the basis of this argument every time. If your basic assumption is so faulty, it’s annoying when you keep building the same rickety argument on top of it.

:dubious: And how exactly does this relate to the monarchy?

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