> Why? The purpose of marriage has changed as our society has changed. > We no longer have to harness the wives and children to the plow to > get > in the crop any more. Nor do we need to have 15 or 20 kids to ensure > that enough of them survive into adulthood in order to take care of > us > when we're too old to haul the plow etc. > > As for altering the divorce rate, I think that we're going about it > the wrong way. currently divorces are difficult to obtain, while > marriages are very easy (in some places there are drive through > wedding chapels). We ought to do the opposite, make divorce very easy > and marriage very difficult to obtain. That way those people who are > very serious about marriage and are willing to make the real > commitment will still be married while those who are not will not tie > the knot.
I consider divorce to be a Bad Thing. Even if the purpose for marriage has changed I don't believe it should ever become something you just throw away when it starts to get inconvienent. It's supposed to be forever, kids and plows or not. That said, I like that idea. My wife and I were required to jump through significantly more hoops than most couples because our pastor insisted on it. Making something like that mandatory across the board could help a lot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
