Although reports have surfaced about people getting married to animals, many people question if these reports are true or just a media stunt. It turns out not only that these reports are true in many cases, but that there is a long history of people trying to marry animals. This strange desire has perplexed people at times, but for other people, animal marriage is a part of their culture.
While people do report being married to animals, no modern industrialized nation recognizes any marital bond between and human and a non-human. Despite this, some people feel such a strong bond with an animal that they decide to hold a wedding ceremony. Probably the best known case of animal marriage was a man who had married a horse and spoke publicly about this marriage in an episode of Jerry Springer that did not air on many stations because of the bizarre content. However, this man and his horse did go on to star in a BBC documentary about their relationship.
Animal marriage is certainly taboo in our culture, but it is common practice in some places. In certain parts of India, young children are wed to animals in order to ward off bad omens, but they are allowed to remarry once they are older. It seems that in this case, the marriage is symbolic only and that the children are not meant to live out their lives with an animal as their closest companion.
Animal weddings and intimacy with animals are considered a perversion to most people and religions, but sexual relations with animals was very prevalent in Greek and Roman mythology, as well as mythology from other regions. The Minotaur was the offspring of a bull and a woman, and Zeus was reputed to have a record of morphing into different animal forms to impregnate women. This leads many people to believe that animal weddings were considered normal in ancient civilizations. One Roman Emperor married a horse and appointed it to the Senate.
Animal weddings are not a new idea, but they have not found their way into the mainstream of most cultures. The majority of people recognize that intimacy with an animal is an oddity, and actually holding a wedding ceremony is even more so. Some people may marry animals for attention, to fill a void, or because they are actually attracted to and feel a bond with an animal. No matter why a person marries an animal, intimacy with an animal should not be treated as an equal to a relationship with another person.
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