Prior to No-Fault divorce, Prager may have been right in this article - but not now. (For example, see his third argument - marriage is for keeps) For the Devil's advocate point of view after No-Fault became the rule in the U.S., check out http://dontgetmarried.com. In a nutshell, no-fault divorce means that marriage contracts can be broken by one party for good reason, bad reason or for no reason whatever. This means that the party who was not at fault (did not commit adultery, do drugs, beat the spouse etc. . .) is divorced and loses half or his/her property and may be liable for alimony.
The Reader's Digest had an article about a case in Colorado where a man (who did not work) attempted to kill his wife (who had a job) to get the life insurance money. She survived and he was later sentenced to prison for attempted murder. She sued for a no-fault divorce and the court gave half of her property to the ex-husband convict plus alimony. It is irrelevant that he was at-fault for the divorce and Colorado in a no-fault state. All that mattered under No-Fault was that she had a job and income and he did not therefore she owed him alimony.
Prager's article sounds great but doesn't deal with the current insane marriage/divorce laws in the U.S. The old marriage laws(pre 1950's) generally were much better.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
One of the best parts of a wedding is everyone together.
Almost everyone makes a wedding. Christmases etc usually at least some people are absent.
Seeing cousins, aunts, uncles etc.
My cousin the youngest of the 5 older grandkids of my paternal grandparents was married in July the last of the 5 to marry.
When we were growing up we spent a lot of weekends together. We were more like siblings than cousins. We were all a part of the wedding (I gave a reading and my daughter was flower girl).
The night before we were up late reminiscing til 3 am. And I brought a photo album I had put together.