[Vidi_Vici_Vinnny]

My aversion to marriage is rooted in the blasphemy that is American Family law and the feminist cancer that pervades this country.

A two parent family that is rooted in love and self sacrifice is a beautiful, if not rare, thing to behold.

[RosieCotton]

I agree that feminism is a HUGE part of what has happened to marriage.

But I also think people just don't take marriage as seriously as they should any more.

My parents were happily married for over thirty years, until my mother passed away of cancer last year at age 54. She told me on several occasions after I grew up that she had had times when she considered walking away from the marriage. I think everyone has those times. I have tremendous respect for my parents for NOT letting go.

I think that's a much bigger problem than what comes later - the courtroom scene. People should not even be thinking about divorce and its consequences when considering marriage. Unfortunately, we have a society that has no problem with trial marriages and throwing in the towel when the initial spark burns low.