It is a specifically Christian thing to do. No other religion does it and the entire idea came into existence through it being a Christian church rite. That church rite made it to be considered a sign of respect and that rite is how and the reason it came to be used in marriage proposals. Research how proposing on one knee came about. Almost all the articles on it, including the wikipedia article called “marriage proposal”, reference genuflection. What other time do you know of that people davka get on one knee to do something as a sign of respect?
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