Why marry?

I do not see marriage as a prerequisite for an intimate relationship between two mature adult people. Having said that, I must also say that there are certain conditions that have to be met before I would accept such a situation for myself.
The first is that both parties are free of any other ties, I definitely do not approve of adultery. When I married Kaye, I made a promise to both her and my God that I would be faithful and "forsake all others". Well death has now parted us, so I am free of that obligation.
The second condition is that the want/need/desire is mutual. I have never raped anyone and I have no intention of starting now. Intimacy is a wonderful thing when it is conducted in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect and to deny a partner that experience is nothing but arrogant selfishness.
This leads into the third condition.There must be an atmosphere for both people of security and safety, not only in a physical sense, but even more importantly in an emotional sense. In other words, the two people concerned must have every confidence that their partner will not ride roughshod over them either bodily or mentally.
The final condition can be drawn from the previous two. The experience must be part of an ongoing relationship. It can never be a "stand alone encounter". Intimacy does not exist in a vacuum; it is an integral component of a continued relationship.