You should write a book...or have you?
I have not, although I have thought about it. It’s just such a nuanced topic that the average person would take time to read a 300 page book on the history of American Family Law.
People have no idea what the ABA, Feminist Legal Movement, and Critical Legal Studies have done to the modern family. It’s why I don’t look down upon or counsel young Christian men I know that live together with long-term girl friends. I understand why they don’t want to contract with the state. And make no mistake about it, when you marry, you are contracting with the state to act as an arbitrator in your marriage. Why do you think the government gives you such an economic inventive to sign the state marriage contract? It’s all about power and controlling just what is marriage. It’s essentially turning over your spiritual relationship to a secular court. Just as Paul warned us not to sue fellow Christian brothers and sisters in secular courts, I would think submitting a Christian marriage to secular court is just as bad.