A covenant brings about a transformation and has nothing to do with power and everything to do with agreeing to be their for one another in a pledge of mutual responsibility. (slaw.ca)
As such, the institution of marriage is a foundation of a just political order and the nursery of civic virtue, as spouses exercise mutual responsibility for raising their children. (firstthings.com)
We have not as yet become fully conscious of what we are doing in terms of growing mutual responsibility. (religion-online.org)