Arranged Marriage: Arranged Marriage

If marriage is the legally binding union of loved ones, is it fair to say that a marriage based on prearranged terms is a tainting of love in itself? As resident of a society in which the notion of a love based marriage is idealized, we have to start questioning if Arranged marriages pale in comparison to love marriages or perhaps if prearranged unions are much more compatible to modern day global citizens than age old romanticism.