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Originally posted by Maelakin:
Timber’s suspicions are correct.
I would agree that you only get out what you put in to the relationship; however, in today’s day and age, it is increasingly difficult to find someone that will live by marriage vows that are taken when they are married. I’m pretty sure everyone can agree with me here.
Honestly, they should just abolish the concept of marriage legally. It can remain a part of the religious sects, and it can remain as a token for those who wish, but it should not have any legal impact on people’s lives. In doing so, the benefits associated with marriage will be removed to an extent, but they are easily reworked in a new format.
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Ok... I got ya. I'd also agree that seperating religous marriage from the legal aspects of partnering is a good idea. Let churches issue marriage certificates (that legally mean zip) and the two partners can sign a marriage contract (which if they're like pre-nup's will also mean zip since it seems they can't be made binding).
I guess the outlook on marriage depends on your philosophical point of view. Half of marriages end in Divorce... but the other half don't. That means that 50% of Americans think there's something worth fighting for (to steal a LoTR line) in the old beat up institution. Is the glass half full or half empty?\
Note: can't claim credit for the "natural Log" joke... that was Sultan's, I'd heard the pencil joke a million times but the natural log caught me by surprise. [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 12-04-2003, 11:43 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]